One hundred years ago today British troops massacred 379 Indians at Jallianwala Bagh — also known as Amritsar.

An Air Corps whistleblower is to take early retirement from the Defence Forces, less than two months after telling the junior defence minister that he had received “continuing and unwarranted treatment” for making protected disclosures on health-and-safety issues.

A former Defence Forces general has criticised the Government’s approach to security along the border in the light of Brexit, warning the operational knowledge of the border has been lost by organs of the State tasked with security.

A special ceremony will take place today at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, to honour a Victoria Cross winner who pioneered aerial warfare tactics, shooting down 61 enemy planes — making him the fifth most deadly pilot of the First World War.

TDs and senators are to visit the Air Corps headquarters, amid fears for the health and safety of staff at Casement Aerodrome.

TDs and senators are to visit the Air Corps headquarters, amid fears for the health and safety of staff at Casement Aerodrome.

A former Hawaii state worker who sent a false missile alert last month has said he is devastated for causing panic but was "100% sure" at the time that the attack was real.

Combing operations are under way to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells, a commander with US-backed Syrian forces has said.

More than 1,300 foreign women and children, the families of Islamic State fighters, are being held at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, Iraqi officials said.

Seven workers were killed when at least three attackers entered a power station and blew themselves up, Iraqi authorities said.

Islamic State militants are "completely surrounded" and "being killed" in the Iraqi town of Tal Afar, the spokesman for the US-led coalition fighting the extremist group in Iraq said.

The stepfather of a soldier who died after falling ill at his army barracks told his funeral yesterday he was very proud when the late Daniel Donougher called him Dad for the first time.

Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a string of counter-attacks in a western Mosul neighbourhood that had recently been declared free of the militant group, setting of clashes that continued overnight, Iraqi officials said.

Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been buried at a heroes' cemetery in a secrecy-shrouded ceremony.

At least six civilians have been killed in a suicide attack south of Baghdad, Iraq's Interior Ministry said.

Fighters from the so-called 'Islamic State' group have killed some 70 civilians in Mosul this week over accusations of collaboration with Iraqi forces pushing into the city to drive them out, the United Nations has said.

A submarine from the Egyptian oil ministry is heading to the site of the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804. It will join the search for the cockpit voice-and-flight data recorders, or black boxes, the country’s president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, said.

Cork actress Fiona Shaw fronts a documentary that aims to undo the airbrushing of women’s role from the Easter Rising, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

At least 32 people were killed and 90 wounded in two bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Homs, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

On Friday 28th August at 1100pm in Collins Barracks Cork, General Officer Commanding 1 Brigade, Brigadier General Philip Brennan launched the Defence Forces Annual Veterans Day, which took place on Saturday 12th September 2015 in Collins Barracks Cork. 

Private companies, including discount giant Aldi, have been actively seeking senior defence force personnel at such a rate that top brass warn the military is at serious risk of “not being fit for purpose”.

Anthony Beevor has written another history of another decisive WWII battle — the last throw of the dice for the Nazis, the Battle of the Bulge. Richard Fitzpatrick enjoyed it.

Islamic State (IS) extremists have unleashed a wave of suicide attacks targeting the Iraqi army in western Anbar province, killing at least 17 troops.

Government cutbacks make it unlikely the Defence Forces and the gardaí could prevent an outbreak of foot- and-mouth, swine flu, or avian flu spreading from the North into the Republic, according to a former senior army officer.

IT IS, in many respects, a frightening thought that the so-called border with the North no longer exists. 

Iraqi troops and Shia militias battled IS yesterday south of the militant-held city of Tikrit, though roadside bombs and suicide attacks slowed their advance on Saddam Hussein’s hometown.

The Defence Forces have unveiled a secret weapon ahead of a very special operation in Cork later this month.

Leinster’s recent upswing in form may have coincided with the rare absence of an injured Jamie Heaslip from the line-up, but Matt O’Connor clearly isn’t the superstitious type, given his declaration his captain will return against Castres tomorrow.

Leinster’s recent upswing in form may have coincided with the rare absence of an injured Jamie Heaslip from the line-up, but Matt O’Connor clearly isn’t the superstitious type, given his declaration that his captain will return against Castres tomorrow.

British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan as they and US Marines handed over two huge adjacent bases to the Afghan military, 13 years after a US-led invasion launched the costly war against the Taliban.

A triple suicide bombing has killed 26 members of Kurdish security forces north east of Baghdad while a roadside bomb killed the police chief of the western Anbar province.

Twelve soldiers fighting an Islamic insurgency in Nigeria have been sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny and attempted murder of their commanding officer.

Fiji has sent mixed messages on whether its 45 United Nations peacekeepers that are being held captive by Syrian insurgents will be freed soon.

Al Qaida-linked Syrian rebels holding 45 Fijian peacekeepers hostage have issued a set of demands for their release, an official said today.

Pressure is mounting on Russia after it was accused of sending tanks, artillery and troops into Ukraine and Western powers said Moscow “outright lied” about its role and dangerously escalated the conflict.

Iraq’s government has plunged into a political crisis at a time it is fighting advances by Islamic State militants.

Thousands of Palestinians protesting against the fighting in Gaza clashed with Israeli soldiers as the violence spread to the West Bank.

Israel deployed ground troops inside Gaza for the first time to raid a rocket launching site in the Palestinian territory.

Some 50 bodies have been discovered outside a city south of Baghdad, many of them blindfolded and with their hands bound.

Officials deny that the force-feeding of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay breaks any human rights rules or is a form of torture, reports Shona Murray in Guantanamo Bay.

Soldiers are distributing rice and water in the typhoon-devastated Philippines and chainsaw-wielding teams are cutting debris from blocked roads as the aid effort picks up pace.

In the Big Fella’s home county of Cork, thousands flocked from as far away as France to celebrate his birthday and view the proud tradition of the army stationed at the barracks named after him.

Thousands flocked to an open day in Cork, some from as far away as France, as they celebrated the birthday of Michael Collins and came to view the proud tradition of the army stationed at the barracks named after him.

A defence lawyer who gained rare access to an ultra-secret section of the Guantanamo Bay prison said yesterday it does not meet international standards under the Geneva Convention.