Ireland is to buy hundreds of new armoured vehicles and artillery pieces from France, a move that will significantly expand the capabilities of the Irish Army to conduct on-island defence. The planned ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles ride along a street in Marjaayoun, Southern Lebanon January 20, 2025. (photo credit: ...

SOLDIERS from the Midland counties of Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Longford have a long and proud history of service with the ...

An Irish peacekeeping patrol came under gun attack in southern Lebanon – but their armoured car protected them, it has emerged. No soldiers were injured in the attack and they all made it back safely ...

Despite a long-standing policy of neutrality, Ireland has recognised Russia as a threat, and is following Europe in rearmament.

A military tribunal in Lebanon sentenced a man to death for the 2022 murder of 24-year-old Irish UN soldier Seán Rooney, according to Irish and Lebanese media reports. Rooney, a private, was murdered ...