The Irish Times

One-third of Naval Service fleet to be decommissioned

Three ageing vessels may be gifted to friendly nation, scrapped or sold

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 05:01

Neutrality referendum not the ‘immediate challenge’ for Government - Coveney

Minister for Foreign Affairs says he is in discussion with EU counterparts in relation to Russia’s diplomatic presence

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 15:14

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

Emergency workers honour Naval Service as it completes its Covid-19 mission

Testing duties now transferred to Army

Fri May 15 2020 - 16:14

Naval Service forced to delay mission due to lack of crew

Manpower crisis is affecting service’s ability to tackle drug smuggling, says officers’ group

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 03:30

Lack of Naval Service armourers ‘a safety risk’

Large guns must be stripped down for maintenance every three months

Mon Aug 12 2019 - 06:00

Internal documents show frustration over Naval Service ships controversy

Papers detail efforts by officials to prepare Minister Paul Keogh for media questions

Sun Aug 11 2019 - 21:32

Decision on Mediterranean rescue missions met with disappointment

Naval Service will not participate in any new humanitarian operations

Tue Jul 09 2019 - 21:10

Withdrawal of navy ships ‘neon sign’ to drug smugglers

LÉ Eithne and LÉ Orla may be in port for up to 18 months leaving Irish waters unguarded

Tue Jul 09 2019 - 06:27

Government denies split as Kehoe faces anger of Naval Service

Defence Forces insists two ships docked due to lack of staff while Minister cites maintenance

Mon Jul 08 2019 - 21:06

Relatives visit RMS Leinster sinking site 100 years after tragedy

Torpedoes from German submarine caused the worst loss of life ever on the Irish Sea

Wed Oct 10 2018 - 11:00

Three held on suspicion of drug running and yacht seized off coast

Detained yacht is being searched by specialist customs and excise officers at Kinsale

Thu Sept 13 2018 - 13:10

Cocaine haul worth €400m leads to commendations

Navy officers rewarded for their roles in one of the largest drug seizures in State’s history

Sat Feb 03 2018 - 01:00

Fresh funding for new naval flagship vessel and military aircraft

Over a quarter of defence spending to go on pensions

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 19:07

Baby girl born on LÉ Eithne after migrants rescued off Tripoli

Irish navy vessel rescues 703 migrants from five inflatable boats off Tripoli coast

Sat Jun 17 2017 - 11:21

Irish naval ship rescues hundreds of refugees in Mediterranean

LÉ Eithne called to co-ordinate several rescue operations as migrant crisis continues

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 22:22

Retrieving black box from Rescure 116 hinges on weather

Search for data device hampered by winds and currents but faint ping still audible

Sat Mar 18 2017 - 08:35

Coast Guard crew to be remembered at nationwide events

President Higgins due to attend funeral of Capt Dara Fitzpatrick in Dublin today

Sat Mar 18 2017 - 01:01

Rescue 116 crash: Search focuses around Blackrock Island

Conditions very challenging and water ‘like a washing machine’ due to outcrops of rock

Thu Mar 16 2017 - 15:54

Coast Guard helicopter search: Faint ‘chirp’ from black box located

‘Weak’ transmission picked up during continued search for three missing crew

Wed Mar 15 2017 - 18:04

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

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

Kitty Holland: Efforts to house refugees may help homeless Irish families too

The predictable chorus that we ‘must look after our own first’ is depressing

Sat Sept 12 2015 - 05:00

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

White Paper on defence will help restore confidence

Document identifies threats to State from cyberattacks and terrorism

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 05:00

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

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