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Military police investigating an attack on a soldier who was tied up and subjected to electric shocks by colleagues are likely to submit their report to a senior officer in the spring.

The revelation that one in five members of our Defence Forces is living below the poverty line is a damning indictment of what we, as a nation, hold dear.

Irish tax breaks and "smartass" army reservists helped make the movie ‘Braveheart’ a huge success, Mel Gibson reveals in newly-released footage taken during the epic shoot.

Former servicemen and women of the Defence Forces will be remembered during a special ceremony in Co Kildare later.

Up to 500 republicans from across Ireland attended the funeral of Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price today.

Lorraine Mulvey, who spoke out yesterday to help rape victims, said she is now looking forward to a new life with her fiancé.

As a child, Lorraine Mulvey was raped repeatedly by her father.

THE Defence Forces’ top brass were present at Haulbowline naval base yesterday to watch the latest group of young officers being commissioned.

MEMBERS of the Defence Forces have been court- martialed for going absent without leave, assault and attempting to pervert the course of justice, according to new data.

I WISH to compliment Dan Buckley for his excellent article on Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty (‘The Vatican’s Elusive Pimpernel,” February 27).

WILLIE O’DEA, recognised as one of the biggest Fianna Fáil vote catchers in his bailiwick, was born in Limerick in 1952.

SIX naval cadets were commissioned yesterday in the presence of Minister for Defence Willie O’Dea.

IRELAND is the sixth largest aid donor per capita in the world, having donated €870 million last year to crises and humanitarian needs.

Thirty-one cadets are graduating from the Defence Forces Training Centre in Kildare today.

One of the last survivors of the War of Independence and Ireland's oldest man has died after a short illness.

MOTORISTS who failed to slow down in heavy fog have been blamed for up to 40 crashes.

The first class of the new Defence Forces induction scheme graduated today after 15 months of rigorous training.

TEARS flowed freely among mourners yesterday at the funeral mass of the young Kildare couple killed tragically in a house fire in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Hundreds of mourners have attended the funeral of the young couple who died in a house fire in the Curragh camp in Co Kildare on New Year's Day.

An investigation was launched today into the death of two people in a blaze at an Irish Army camp.

Two young people are dead following a house fire in Co Kildare today.

LOCATING Irish aid supplies like tents and blankets at a UN hub in Italy will save thousands of lives in natural disasters, a leading UN aid coordinator said yesterday.

Kildare football manager John Crofton been boosted by the return of experienced pair Dermot Earley and Glenn Ryan to training.

FINE GAEL defence spokesman Billy Timmins said the cost of acquiring a 4.3-acre site in Newbridge, Co Kildare, for the decentralisation of the army and defence headquarters could run into millions, even though there were 766 acres available for use in the nearby Curragh camp.

The decentralisation of the army and defence headquarters to separate sites in Kildare could cost taxpayers millions of extra euro, it was claimed today.

DEFENCE MINISTER Willie O’Dea was yesterday embroiled in a war of words with opposition politicians after he was pictured holding a handgun.

DEFENCE Minister Willie O’Dea will announce details within the next month of the legislative change needed to allow Irish troops to be sent to world trouble spots with EU battle groups.

A county Offaly company has won a €1.7m contract with the Department of Defence.

Declan Power and Neans McSweeney

Defence Minister Michael Smith has said he hopes to continue investing in equipment and infrastructure for the Irish Defence Forces - but it'll have to wait.

THE Defence Department last night said it stood by its decision to evict 54 householders living in army houses at the Curragh Camp.

New initiatives are being demanded to combat the rising levels of youth crime in the wake of the deaths of two gardai in Dublin at the weekend.

A 19 year old builder critically injured in an accident at the Curragh Camp in Kildare yesterday had died.