The Irish Times

Lack of sailors forces Naval Service to cancel patrol days

Due to ‘personnel issues’, 101 days lost so far this year compared to 28 last year

Fri Jul 16 2021 - 06:00

Concern as staff shortages threaten Naval Service missions at sea

Covid-19 illness and retention crisis curbing crew members and operation of navy vessels

Wed Oct 28 2020 - 02:38

Navy vessel LÉ Niamh damaged by onboard fire in Cork

No-one injured in blaze as Naval Service engineers to carry out examination of damage

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 16:33

Defence Forces to get extra money for purchases of new equipment

Defence spending next year will increase by €47.5m to almost €1b

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 20:06

Taoiseach ‘cannot confirm’ Naval vessels did not sail due to staff shortages

Martin accuses Government of ‘contempt’ towards defence after ‘Irish Times’ report

Tue Oct 02 2018 - 15:22

‘At least 23 migrants’ found dead in Mediterranean

LÉ Niamh involved in rescue of more than 700 people by EU group on ‘tough day’

Fri Nov 03 2017 - 20:39

Three fishermen rescued off west Cork coast

Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat comes to the aid of men on board sinking vessel

Mon Sept 26 2016 - 22:00

LÉ Róisín rescues 125 migrants in the Mediterranean

Irish naval vessel joined search and rescue operations in the region earlier this month

Mon May 16 2016 - 19:10

LÉ Samuel Beckett rescues 100 migrants near Libya

Naval Service patrol ship rescues group that includes three pregnant women

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 15:30

Three dead, 242 people rescued off Greek island

Earlier, LÉ Samuel Beckett rescues more than 200 off coast of Libya

Wed Oct 28 2015 - 22:24

Irish Naval ship LÉ ‘Samuel Beckett’ rescues 100 off Libya

Migrants taken from inflatable craft around 50kms north-west of coastal city of Tripoli

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 11:00

LÉ Samuel Beckett rescues 242 people off Libya

Naval Service patrol ship on its first humanitarian tasking in the Mediterranean

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 20:46

LÉ Niamh rescues 380 migrants from sea north of Tripoli

Irish patrol ship conducts three search and rescue missions in a day in Mediterranean

Fri Sept 18 2015 - 16:34

There’s a huge difference between seeking a better life and fleeing persecution

We emigrating Irish don’t have to fork out a small fortune to risk our lives on dodgy boats

Wed Sept 09 2015 - 15:00

LÉ Niamh arrives in Sicily after rescue of 329 refugees and migrants

Irish patrol ship rescues 317 men, 11 women and one child from Mediterranean

Sun Sept 06 2015 - 09:29

LÉ Niamh rescues at least 100 people from Mediterranean

Irish patrol ship received emergency call in Mediterranean at 9.50am on Saturday

Sat Sept 05 2015 - 15:01

Migrant crisis: LÉ Samuel Beckett to replace LÉ Niamh

Irish Naval Service extends its search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean

Wed Sept 02 2015 - 15:44

Breda O’Brien: Could Ireland become the fairest little country for migrants?

Images from ‘Children of Men’ are eerily similar to current television news broadcasts, down to the cages and the barbed wire

Sat Aug 29 2015 - 00:30

Patrick Logue: The little boy with sad eyes on the LÉ Niamh

Did he leave his family behind? Did he get to say goodbye to his grandparents, or had he watched them succumb to the water too?

Wed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00

LÉ Niamh rescues 225 migrants off coast of Libya

139 men, 74 women and 12 children taken from two inflatable vessels overnight by Irish naval vessel

Sun Aug 23 2015 - 10:57

Fifty missing after rubber dinghy sinks in Mediterranean

Italian navy rescues migrants off the coast of Libya; survivors fear for missing

Wed Aug 12 2015 - 16:43

LÉ Niamh rescues 125 people in Mediterranean

Migrants taken from overloaded vessel 115km northwest of Tripoli

Tue Aug 11 2015 - 00:39

Michael D Higgins: EU response to migrant crisis is ‘shameful’

President says Europe’s reaction to events in Mediterranean is ‘grossly inadequate’

Sat Aug 08 2015 - 10:40

Italy arrests five traffickers after migrant drownings

Most of dead reportedly locked in hold of boat which sank when LÉ Niamh approached

Fri Aug 07 2015 - 17:54

LÉ Niamh arrives in Sicily with survivors as some 200 feared drowned

Fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in Mediterranean

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 20:29

Simon Coveney praises professionalism of LÉ Niamh crew

Minister says ‘multi-faceted’ approach needed to defuse rolling Mediterranean crisis

Thu Aug 06 2015 - 11:15

LÉ Niamh rescues 367 migrants after boat capsizes off Libya coast

Many migrants in water and rescue efforts by several ships under way, Navy reports

Wed Aug 05 2015 - 19:27

Vincent Woods: It’s not such a long way from Calais to the Irish coffin ships

Only a blink of time separates our ancestors from today’s migrants

Sat Aug 01 2015 - 04:30

UK media reporting of migrants exaggerated ‘beyond belief’

Under 1951 Refugee Convention countries are obliged to accept refugees - Sutherland

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 17:06

LÉ Niamh recovers 14 bodies during Mediterranean rescue

Overcrowding and exhaustion may have lead to fatalities onboard barge from Libya

Tue Jul 28 2015 - 11:26

State will take 600 extra migrants in EU initiative

Government agrees to relocation scheme as part of bid to tackle crisis in Mediterranean

Sat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00

Ireland may accept more migrants, says Taoiseach

Kenny says Irish have natural empathy with migrants and understanding of plight

Sun Jul 12 2015 - 17:08

LÉ Niamh to join migrant rescue mission in Mediterranean

Naval Service vessel will set sail to replace LÉ Eithne in humanitarian efforts in region

Fri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00

Ministers pay tribute to ‘heroic work’ of LÉ Eithne crew

Naval Service ship has rescued 3,376 people since May deployment in Mediterranean

Tue Jul 07 2015 - 08:00