The Irish Army showed off its hi-tech fighting capability for the first time yesterday, using a battery of new equipment which gives it live battlefield views.

THE parents and fiancee of a 29-year-old army officer are continuing a vigil at his bedside after he was critically injured by an explosion on a night-training exercise.

PLANS have been drawn for a multi-million euro upgrading of an army camp in north Cork which will include remote controlled pop-up targets, FBI-style urban combat training sets and a vehicle cross-country course.

AN 80-acre site at Lynch Camp in Kilworth, Co Cork, is the preferred site for a super-prison, Justice Minister Michael McDowell said yesterday.

THE Defence Forces camp at Kilworth, Co Cork, is being considered as a possible location for the new €70 million prison for the Munster area, the Irish Examiner has learned.

THREE days of major exercises are taking place in Cork to prepare members of the 1st Southern Brigade for a tour of duty in Liberia.