Slievenamon fires: ‘You don’t think you will be putting family photos and passports in a bag’
All hands on deck as communities around 721m Tipperary mountain battle wildfires
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Slievenamon wildfire enters fourth day as firefighters continue to battle blaze
Co Tipperary fire extended into a Coillte forest on Tuesday and spread significantly on Wednesday
Key Killarney National Park tourist route shut amid fight to contain wildfires
Fire which erupted late on Tuesday proves unpredictable and difficult to contain
‘We’ll remember everybody’: Hundreds gather for National Day of Commemoration in Dublin
For surviving Irish service members, it is a day of celebration and remembrance, tinged with sadness
Irish on hantavirus-hit cruise ship released safely from 42-day quarantine
Pair spent a month on Portrane isolation facility before remaining at home for two further weeks
‘To the passersby we were just your average Irish family with two kids splashing, jumping, eating sand’
Innovation programme draws on frontline staff for ways to improve health service
Names of Defence Forces officers involved in sensitive operations published online
Several officers within Naval Service raise concerns that publication of list could be compromising
Shotguns, helicopters and ‘airburst’ ammunition to guard against rogue drones during EU presidency
Defence Forces details ‘layered’ security against potential drone incursions during EU presidency and in operations at home and abroad
Drone wars: Irish Defence Forces watching the skies as EU presidency set to begin
Lessons learned from Ukraine and Middle East are informing Ireland’s strategy for developing defence systems
Bubbling under: When Soviet spy subs turned out to be not-so-red herrings
In the 1980s and 1900s, Swedish sonar detected what sounded like submarines, but were actually flatulent fish
Two Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship return home
Both expected to isolate in quarantine for about five weeks after returning from Tenerife on Government jet
Gardaí could seek Air Corps help for Daniel Kinahan’s extradition from UAE
High-prisoner transfer could see Garda call on Defence Forces’ civil support function
‘Respectful’ and ‘moving’: Relatives of 1916 Rising participants honour contribution at GPO
Members of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps participate in ceremony attended by President, Taoiseach and Minister for Defence
Air Corps and medics scrambled to reunite 96-year-old man with wife hours before he died
Cancer patient was airlifted home from hospital to say goodbye to his family
‘A Ryanair turnover’: First Air Corps flight into Beirut spent only 30 minutes on tarmac
Pilot Capt Lauren Cusack says careful consideration given to route selection, threat assessments and departure window for €70m Airbus C295
McEntee forced to cancel trip to Lebanon after Defence Forces flagged concern over risks
Minister for Defence was set to fly into Beirut, travel under armed convoy close to Israeli border to meet Irish Unifil troops
Blackout fears, dogfight training, dodgy boxes and gold mining in the North
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‘It’s not Top Gun’: Irish Air Corps pilots to receive ‘dogfighting’ combat training
Organisation has lost the ability to conduct in-house combat training due to departures of trained pilots
Denis Donaldson: Man charged with murder of former IRA member
Arrest followed extradition from Scotland on foot of European Arrest Warrant
Russia-bound cargo ship seen dropping anchor near subsea cables off Irish coast
Vessel, named Arne, regularly transports alumina from Co Limerick’s Aughinish plant to St Petersburg
New Garda aircraft comes off runway at Baldonnel in ‘minor’ incident
Incident happened in poor weather while aircraft was conducting training exercises at Casement Aerodrome in west Dublin
Defence Forces to acquire mobile air traffic control tower for emergencies during EU presidency
Government is fast-tracking acquisition of anti-drone technology for use during summits
Defence Forces report almost 140 dangerous incidents involving troops in past two years
One injury reported from direct physical assault while another soldier hurt as a result of ‘unintentional aggressive behaviour’
‘This is what failure looks like’: Why Ireland will fall years short of military targets
The Defence Forces will fall years short of plans to strengthen its numbers as global security threats change radically and rapidly
Obituary: Capt Robert (Bob) Tweedy: Influential figure in aviation who helped pioneer air travel safety
Roles thrust him into media spotlight at home and abroad
Reintroducing wolves and giving contraceptives to deer among ideas for wildlife legislation
Proposals to Government for new legislation also include calls to introduce beavers and stop social media influences from ‘stressing out’ puffins
Ireland to deploy large numbers of undersea trackers to detect Russian submarines
Project is part of effort to increase State’s ‘maritime domain awareness’ over concerns of vulnerability of subsea infrastructure
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
Defence Forces takes possession of €53m ‘strategic reach’ aircraft, replacing Government jet
Aircraft will be used by Air Corps to help in evacuation of Irish citizens from emergency situations
Ireland’s air traffic control operators not notified of drone activity during Zelenskiy visit
Questions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence package
Spike in Russian shadow fleet activities during Zelenskiy visit
Ukrainian president’s visit meant Air Corps’ maritime patrol aircraft were largely unavailable to maintain surveillance
Search operation continues off Irish coast after person reported missing from UK naval vessel
Vessel was located north of Tory Island when the alert was raised
€120m expansion plan for Casement Aerodrome to house growing Air Corps fleet
Jet combat aircraft, if acquired, would operate from Shannon Airport rather than Casement
Jim Gavin comes with his own presidential parachute and ticks all the boxes
Fianna Fáil faithful are praying the leadership doesn’t make a mess of its amusing plan to win the presidential election though superior tactics
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