Defence Forces

US senator Jim Risch called on Ireland to increase spending to ensure protection of undersea cables

Settlement involved court making orders quashing discharge decision

Scope of evidence-gathering narrows over practical concerns

Refurbishment of accommodation block built in about 1806 to include extensive work inside and out

Six-year delay in publishing strategy criticised ‘at a time of heightened global instability and risk’

Hugh Farrell claims he was maltreated so badly he developed anxiety and depression

Senator Gerard Craughwell’s case aims to compel Government to reveal details of secret arrangement

Trial hears two accused played ‘leadership role’ in drug-trafficking operation

Pay bill expected to rise to almost €33bn this year, with two-thirds going into health and education sectors

Defence Forces chaplain Fr Paul Murphy suffered multiple stab wounds in attack last year

Defence Forces below target strength and lacking several capabilities common in European countries of a similar size

Central to Gary Coll’s claims was that he underwent ‘tubbing’, a form of hazing where workers were submerged in a bath of unspecified chemicals and oil

Shane Scanlon (34) admitted to money laundering in respect of found €2,250 at his home in Cobh and €1,100 at the barracks

Court of Appeal rules on DPP appeal against ‘unduly lenient’ sentence for former soldier for attack in Limerick

Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in State

Testimonials claiming Kielan Mooney (30) was a good father were a ‘gross overstatement’, says sentencing judge

Comdt Fiachra Lambe was formally admitted as a member of the Faculty of Military Medicine in Ireland following graduation at McKee Barracks in Dublin

Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in Cork and Independent TDs take us back to the past

Defence Forces says the Metagas Everest tanker, which is the subject of US and UK sanctions, is a ‘vessel of interest’

Personnel shortage means only one ship can patrol Ireland’s vast economic zone at a time - and even that rate may have to be reduced

Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices

Defence Forces drafted in as crews from ESB Networks and Uisce Éireann struggle to reach facilities due to conditions

Department of Equality again the only department at which women received higher average hourly pay

Derek Doyle, a former Defence Forces member who served overseas, described as a true friend who ‘poured his heart into everything he did’

Officers will also now be confined to simply reporting back the results of the case to Defence Forces authorities rather than giving evidence about an accused’s service record

Probationary period will apply to man despite judge describing delay as ‘injustice’

President pays special tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces who will be overseas this Christmas for showing ‘an example of Irishness and its values at its best’

French-made Dassault Falcon 6X will be a ‘game-changer for the State’s transport, airlift and medical capabilities’, says Tánaiste Micheál Martin

Lieutenant Shane Hunt lied to candidate over cadetship interview process and then produced false document of successful candidates which excluded his name

Cash, documents, electronic devices, ammunition also recovered following raids in Daly’s Cross and Kennedy Park

Officer said his career path led to him becoming target of ‘direct and indirect resentment and discrimination’

Report was commissioned in wake of controversy over Cathal Crotty, an Army private who was spared jail last June after beating a woman, Natasha O’Brien, unconscious

Pte Patrick Kelly and Garda recruit Gary Sheehan were shot dead by a Provisional IRA gang 41 years ago

Members of officers’ association ‘not particularly surprised’ by report of specialist staff shortages

Solicitor for family says full report should be released to them into death of soldier in Lebanon two years ago

Minimum of three artificers required to service a ship’s guns before vessel goes out on patrol

Push to improve bloc’s defences in train since Russia invaded Ukraine, boosted by Trump’s remark that US may not come to aid of Nato allies

Ms Justice Anne Power is to file discovery orders demanding all documents relating to allegations of abuse held by both the Defence Forces and Minister for Defence going back up to 41 years

Election 2024: Fine Gael junior minister Martin Heydon seeking re-election and should get over the line handily enough

Rite & Reason: Iron grip that Christian denominations have over chaplaincy in Ireland cannot continue