Robots in the military: how the Defence Forces is using AI to cover shortfalls in resources and personnel
Technology is being deployed by Irish military to detect threats to key underwater cables and monitor Russian ‘shadow-fleet’ vessels
New Army vehicles under French deal can automatically target perceived threats using AI
According to experts, these systems can also be configured to fire automatically without human input
Pressure grows on Government over Aughinish Alumina as dozens of MEPs demand export ban
Move follows Irish Times investigation revealing Co Limerick plant ships vast amounts of alumina to Russia
Gerry Hutch’s Spanish property assets frozen as part of money-laundering investigation
Gangland figure and Dublin Central byelection candidate has refused to detail property holdings
Inside Gerry Hutch’s life in Lanzarote: An investigation into gang leader turned politician’s assets
The Irish Times visited Lanzarote as part of an investigation into Hutch’s property interests. In an interview, the veteran criminal talks about his ‘exaggerated’ property holdings, hope of becoming the ‘richest’ TD and confidence of being exonerated in a Spanish criminal investigation
US troop numbers passing through Shannon soar 80%
More than 3,000 US troops passed through airport during March after Iran conflict started
Taoiseach says department’s failure to report US military overflights is ‘not normal’
Official figure of American flights through Irish airspace was 248 short
248 US military flights over Ireland went unreported due to ‘administrative error’
Irish Times investigation finds almost 250 more overflights than previously disclosed by Department of Foreign Affairs
Trump administration deports elderly Irishman from US to Costa Rica under controversial deal
Man arrived in the central American country on Friday as part of a group of 22 deportees
‘You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought the country to a standstill
The seeds of this week’s disruption were sown in meetings in late March and fomented in online forums and WhatsApp groups
Multimillion-euro financial package will not be unveiled until nationwide fuel protests cease
Fuel protests movement vows to extend disruptive actions into weekend as talks under way for solution
Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments
Geoghegan (57), who has come to prominence in this week’s protests, claims to have settled tax bills
Gerry Hutch associate arrested in Spain in organised crime investigation
Irish man is expected to appear before Spanish high court in coming days
Convoy of Russian shadow-fleet tankers monitored off west coast
Five of the vessels travel through Irish exclusive economic zone in likely bid to discourage boarding attempts, say military sources
‘The spy is the boring guy in a suit’: Inside the State’s military intelligence service
In a rare interview a senior officer with the Irish Military Intelligence Service talks about its work – and the threats facing the State