The former Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said he was "beaten badly" by instructors for being Irish when he joined the Army at the age of 16. Beattie became a soldier in 1982 and served ...

Irish troop missions 'held hostage' by UN veto, says former army colonel Former Colonel Colm Doyletold the Oireachtas Defence Committee that claims that the removal of the UN authorisation ...

Ireland Men’s Rugby Squad Training, IRFU High Performance Centre, Sport Ireland Campus, Blanchardstown, Craig Casey (Image: ©INPHO/Ben Brady) ...

As Israel’s concentrated war on Gaza continues and public pressure mounts on the Irish government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill, the future of Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock have ...

Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Niele Ivey greets attendees during Erin’s House for Grieving Children’s Common Bond fundraiser on Thursday at Memorial Coliseum.

I’m a fan of draft systems in principal, particularly in a centralised structure like we have in Irish rugby. If the agreed, overarching objective is to make the game as strong as possible and ...

The Government has signed a €716,000 contract with a US military agency to prepare a report containing recommendations for a redesign of the Irish Defence Forces. The Institute for Security ...

Referencing the significance of the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary, Father Murphy said he felt the intercession of a World War I Irish army chaplain.

The Irish army’s elite commando force is set to move into a state-of-the-art headquarters at a cost of nearly €50 million.

IRELAND’S Defence Forces special ops unit are set to get a new €46 million headquarters and training centre. The Army Ranger Wing is a secretive elite unit in Ireland’s Defence Forces that ...

March 07, 2025 Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation. 'The Next One Is For You' by Berks County native Ali Watkins traces a ...