Why is Ireland buying weapons from France?
In the News podcast: One €600m deal is the biggest investment in Army equipment in the history of the State
Irish Army
Ireland to buy hundreds of French armoured vehicles under military modernisation plan
Move will significantly expand capabilities of Irish Army to conduct on-island defence
A young military apprentice died in Co Kildare 35 years ago. Now a tribunal is investigating his death
Oliver Mullaney (19) had been in the military for only 20 months at time of his death at Devoy Barracks in Naas
As Ireland strengthens its military, one country and company gain the most
France and Thales likely to emerge as winners as US suppliers fall out of favour, but some Defence Forces insiders worry about lack of diversification
Army called to Trump’s Doonbeg golf resort after discovery of suspicious package
Defence Forces bomb disposal team attended scene at Co Clare hotel after package containing white powder found by staff
Golden years: Colm Keena on why Dublin was the best place to be growing up in the 1970s
What surprised me was how much I liked the guns - and I also learned how to throw grenades
Gardaí rejecting most cases of alleged sex assault in Defence Forces
All but a handful of cases have been sent back to the Defence Forces due to lack of evidence
Up to €17m to be spent on technology to track and intercept drones
Incident during Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit is believed to have been intended to cause embarrassment to the Republic and highlight weak defences
Increase in military-grade ‘status-symbol’ weapons among Irish crime gangs
Firearms such as automatic rifles used as ‘status symbols’ and to ‘intimidate rivals’
‘World order is changing’: Department of Defence argued for substantial funding rise, Harris notes reveal
Department of Public Expenditure’s financial offer would see State’s military capabilities ‘go backwards’
Irish troops will continue in overseas missions even if Unifil ends, says defence forces chief
UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon under threat on Monday as Israel and US oppose deployment
Simon Harris proposed doubling defence spending as ‘step change urgently required’
Simon Harris wanted €3.4bn for radar, armoured vehicles, aircraft and surveillance equipment
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
The night a ‘sputnik’ crash-landed in rural Wexford
A garda arrived immediately to cordon off a crater in the field, then the Army was called in
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