Project is part of effort to increase State’s ‘maritime domain awareness’ over concerns of vulnerability of subsea infrastructure

All but a handful of cases have been sent back to the Defence Forces due to lack of evidence

Army bomb disposal experts called to assist gardaí

Aircraft will be used by Air Corps to help in evacuation of Irish citizens from emergency situations

Incident during Ukrainian president’s visit suggests the State is ill-equipped for new era of hybrid warfare and risks serious embarrassment next year

Department of Defence believed there was agreement at ministerial adviser level for Ireland to seek money under EU loan scheme

Devices sighted in skies of Dublin Bay on night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in State

Questions emerge over how vital security information was shared as anti-drone tech included in €1.7bn defence package

Anti-drone technology will be in place by next summer that will ‘identify and neutralise’ drones that ‘may be a threat’

McEntee to launch €1.7bn expenditure on defence projects with military radar programme set as main priority

The Government has much to do ahead of Ireland taking on the EU presidency next July

Naval officers on LÉ William Butler Yeats felt rules of engagement in place meant they could not open fire

Incident during Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit is believed to have been intended to cause embarrassment to the Republic and highlight weak defences

Defence Forces soldiers in armoured vehicles came under fire on Thursday evening from men on mopeds

Questions asked within force over why the Defence Forces did not fire on the drones or fire warning shots

Shots from assault rifle struck armoured vehicle which held up under fire, with no injuries reported

Move comes as French military opens fire on five suspected drones over nuclear submarine base on Thursday

Two-year programme a response to fears that Ireland’s maritime area will be subject to Russian sabotage

Irish navy ship spotted five drones operating near route of the Ukrainian president’s aircraft by Howth coast

Members of warlord Khalifa Haftar’s 166 Infantry Battalion expected to undergo further training in Belarus, Moscow’s ally