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Defence

Defence

Dáil pays tribute to Irish peacekeeper killed in Lebanon

Private Seán Rooney, 23, was part of an eight-person group travelling to Beirut to bring two soldiers home for family funerals
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 15, 2022
Infrastructure

Government agrees to step up security on privately owned sub-sea internet cables

Increased surveillance following Nord Stream 1 leak will involve greater air and naval patrols and the use of submersible drone technology
  • Daniel Murray
  • October 8, 2022
Defence

‘Defence Forces need investment to deal with cybersecurity risk’

Attack on HSE’s systems last year was ‘first salvo’ in cybersecurity war, former head of the New Zealand defence forces says
  • Michael Brennan
  • June 9, 2022
Defence

Editorial: We must not avoid hard questions on our role in the defence of Europe

Ireland’s security may not require the country to join Nato, but we must not delude ourselves into thinking we need to do nothing
  • Business Post
  • May 15, 2022

Dan O’Brien: The main reason to join Nato is the most obvious one – safety

Finland and Sweden, two peaceful Ireland-sized nations, are making moves to join Nato – and there are few good reasons why we shouldn’t join too
  • Dan O'Brien
  • April 30, 2022

Taking a stance: What we should talk about when we talk about Irish neutrality

Recent events in eastern Europe have thrown Ireland’s longstanding policy of neutrality into sharper focus, with increasingly strident elements of the commentariat claiming that the public needs to ‘grow up’ on the issue. But most of the population remains reluctant to abandon a stance that has served the country well for a century
  • Barry J Whyteand
  • Eva Short
  • April 2, 2022

Poll shows 46% in favour of Irish troops serving in European army

Almost half of people polled say they would vote yes in a referendum on the issue and 48 per cent believe Ireland should join Nato
  • Michael Brennan
  • March 26, 2022

Mellett: Ireland’s best answer to Russian power is renewable energy

Europe needs to wean itself off Russian hydrocarbons, and Ireland can help it by providing offshore win, according to the former Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces
  • Emmet Ryan
  • March 13, 2022

Citizens’ Assembly could hold key to Defence Forces’ future

UCD academic Ben Tonra has said a civic forum would be ‘perfect’ to kick-start a national conversation on the role and function of the Irish military
  • Barry J Whyte
  • February 6, 2022

Lucinda Creighton: When it comes to security, there’s no substitute for the ‘special relationship’

Europe is right to grow its own defences in a time of global uncertainty, but nurturing the EU-US alliance must be prioritised
  • Lucinda Creighton
  • September 19, 2021

Defence department says Ireland would have veto on EU army

In response to Ursula von der Leyen’s recent proposal for a European ‘defence union’, the state said any plans would require unanimous agreement from all member states
  • Daniel Murray
  • September 19, 2021

Editorial: Afghanistan rescue showed debt we owe to our unofficial defence partners

Ireland piggybacks on our allies in Britain and Europe to provide protection for our citizens at home and abroad, and it’s time we acknowledged this
  • Business Post
  • August 29, 2021

Opinion: Defence Commission cannot be allowed to fail

Security is the bedrock on which our society’s cultural, social and economic achievements are built, yet Ireland’s vulnerability is stark
  • Conor King
  • December 30, 2020

Troops ‘will suffer’ if cross-border healthcare scheme is scrapped

Programme is used by rank-and-file members of the defence forces who cannot afford private health insurance to get hip and knee operations in the North, PDForra warns
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 16, 2020

Reserve Defence Forces could serve overseas for first time

Simon Coveney calls for proactive campaign to encourage people to join Army, Naval Service and First Line Reserve
  • Aiden Corkery
  • November 22, 2020

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