16 fishing vessels detained, 340 patient airlifts, 130 army operations in busy year for Defence Forces

Army carried out some 130 operations to assist An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. File picture.

The Naval Service conducted more than 300 operations boarding fishing vessels this year, resulting in 16 detentions.

The Air Corps conducted over 140 maritime surveillance flights in 2020 and provided more than 340 patient airlifts in isolated rural communities.