IT was a question of ‘eyes right’ as 20 potential Non-Commissioned Officers took centre stage in the parade ground at Haulbowline naval base for a passing out ceremony yesterday.

Twenty-two soldiers have been taken to five hospitals in Dublin following the multi-vehicle accident on the M50 this morning, according to the Defence Forces.

THE social changes brought about by the Celtic Tiger economy have contributed to rising suicide rates among young men.

A Dublin-born soldier killed while serving with the British army in Iraq was posthumously honoured tonight for his role in the war.

A former paratrooper who joined the Ulster Defence Association after Bloody Sunday told the Saville Inquiry today that he served a sentence in the high security Maze Prison for firearms offences.

The Department of Defence has announced three construction contracts, worth around €7m.

A former member of the defence forces who worked as a security guard with John Crerar on the night Kildare woman Phyllis Murphy disappeared has told a jury he lied to gardai when he provided an alibi for Mr Crerar back in 1980.