Troop retention crisis continues to impact organisation despite increased UN, EU commitments

Africa and peace enforcement likely new focus for Army’s missions, says Coveney

Defence Forces head then said being killed is not a reason to get award

No-one injured in blaze as Naval Service engineers to carry out examination of damage

PC-12 aircraft flies longest mission since acquisition in April for €5.2m

Ambush of Irish patrol in Niemba in November 1960 killed eight soldiers and shocked the nation

Troops allege they suffered post-traumatic stress disorder following 2013 attack

Grenades with 9m ‘kill radius’ and four-second fuses feature in Glen of Imaal training

Covid-19 restrictions had stopped 360 Irish peace-keeping troops from returning

Peacekeepers’ weapons an obstacle to repatriation efforts from Goma region of DRC

Senior officers frustrated at perceived Government delays in helping to remove officers

Irish soldiers will spend an extra six weeks in Middle East

Army Ranger Wing personnel to return by end of April after State sought exemption on order

Lieutenant General James Parker served for 44 years, including various overseas hotspots

Government to assess UN secretary general’s order aimed at containing Covid-19

Mowag vehicle which Rangers were travelling in hit concealed device 75km east of Gao

Cathal Berry to run as Independent in Kildare South on pro-Defence Forces platform

Significant exchanges of fire possible following US killing of Qassem Suleimani in Iraq

Smith believed to held close to Syria’s border with Turkey by members of militia

Tánaiste indicates no ‘huge concerns’ about President’s backing for improved money

Garden honours Irishmen who fought to ‘restore liberties’ says Flemish politician

Leo Varadkar will view the work of Irish peacekeepers and NGOs

‘Never once did the Irish fail me in those terrible days’, Commander of allied forces wrote letter of tribute

Defence spending next year will increase by €47.5m to almost €1b

‘The Irish were originally deployed to the Syrian side. But they withdrew to the Israeli-occupied area after fighting related to the civil war in Syria compromised their safety’

White House hails repatriation as a significant step in Korean peace process

Defence Forces to engage in shared Europe training and maritime surveillance schemes

Irish veterans recall lucky escapes on UN service in the Congo and Chad

Tribute paid to Col Pat Quinlan who led 155 Defence Members safely back to Ireland in 1961

Nikki Haley said Maj-Gen Mike Beary ‘blind’ to alleged HIzbullah activities in Lebanon

Dáil concern as machine gun fire from the Syrian civil war landed in the Irish base

Irish troops at Camp Ziouani forced to take cover during intense fighting

Enda Kenny is to travel to Washington, DC, to meet US president Donald Trump

Tom Clonan: Our grandparents fought for independence at a time when PTSD was unheard of

Some 226 Irish troops had served in Nato-led initiatives over the past 15 years

Party manifesto commits to retaining USC but abolishing water charges, property tax

Minister rejects suggestion that neutrality would be compromised by latest mission

Islamist terror attack in capital leaves 29 dead as Mali special forces storm hotel

Any request to assist in peacekeeping duties in Mali would come through UN

Government willing to send soldiers to replace French forces in Mali or Lebanon