State claims former soldier killed woman in a bog four years ago because she was blackmailing him

The Defence Minister said Ireland's participation in the UN mission to the Golan Heights is "likely" to be maintained.

The HSE has been asked to clarify its plans for providing helipad facilities for Cork University Hospital after a medevac helicopter had to land on a nearby sports pitch.

An air ambulance was forced into an emergency landing after its blades got caught in overhead cables as it flew in for a roadside pickup last year, a report into the incident has found.

Athlone town councillors have kicked to touch a motion that a state-owned artwork featuring messages sent by hunger strikers to their families should be removed from the town’s modern art gallery.

Hundreds of family and friends attended Custume Barracks in Athlone to formally bid farewell to the 107th Infantry Battalion, which leaves for Lebanon next month.

Businessman Don Tidey has paid tribute to a fallen soldier who made the “supreme sacrifice” while assisting in his rescue from a gang of Provisional IRA kidnappers almost 30 years ago.

IRA victim Private Paddy Kelly is to be honoured with the Military Star medal almost 30 years after his killing.

THE tension in Ireland over seizing Unionist hostages in the North was raised considerably on Feb 11, 1922, when the IRA in Clones, Co Monaghan, clashed with a group of 19 Ulster Special Constables (USC), travelling from Belfast to Enniskillen by rail.

The Government has confirmed its intention to downgrade Custume Barracks in Athlone.

The Government has confirmed that Custume Barracks in Athlone is to lose its brigade headquarter status.

The Government has unveiled a new air ambulance service to focus on the West of the country.

A new air ambulance service is today being announced for the midlands region.

Around 220 Irish troops stationed in Lebanon are being reunited with their loved ones today.

A YOUNG solider bound for Lebanon revealed she can hardly wait to follow in her father’s footsteps and serve overseas.