Navy enlists foreign recruits

THE Irish navy is set to make history next month when it will count foreigners among its ranks.

A Pole and a Portuguese are set to join the 1,400-strong force when they pass out as ordinary seaman at the navy’s headquarters in Haulbowline, Co Cork.

Trzegorz Ciszek, 24, a Pole, and his 19-year-old Portuguese colleague, Fabio Conceicao, will be among 26 young men and women who will be honoured at the passing-out parade on February 7.