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"Did you see us overhead Croke Park for #DUBvMAYO ?
We were there!!
Proudly displaying the Irish tricolour at this iconic location."

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OTD</a> in 1963, the 16 man crew of French fishing vessel “Emerance”...

Minister Coveney announces Government approval to establish Independent Commission on the Defence Forces
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Civilians and Army to help understaffed Navy monitor Irish waters post-Brexit



https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40191066.html

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Take a look at yesterday's flypast from a different perspective! <a...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/big-read-rolling-up-the-sleeves-for-operation-vaccination-39830420.html

A few more RTE reports from 1990.

Fishery Patrol Gets Under Way
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A number of RTE reports from 1990.

Fishery Protection
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last week, we took delivery of a multi purpose training platform. <br><br>It's a state of the art facility delivering excellence in training...

So the Naval Service is going ahead with the aquaflage man overboard uniform vanity project.

Two-thirds of Irish troops serving in Kosovo test positive for Covid-19

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40104107.html

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LÉ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JamesJoyce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JamesJoyce</a> (<a...

Comment: A decade of neglect has left the Defence Forces in a mess



https://www.businesspost.ie/ireland/comment-a-decade-of-neglect-has-left-the-defence-forces-in-a-mess-cccfc9ff

A number of RTE reports from 1989.

Irish Troops Leave For Lebanon
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That's not accurate in regards to the Air Corps.
If the Air Corps indefinitely grounded aircraft due to lack of pilots then I'd be the first one to say no additional aircraft should be ordered unit...

The priority needs to be personnel retention, first and foremost. Without it, in 2025 what will be left? The NS is losing the equivalent of a ship's crew every year in personnel. Tendering for a new...

Yes, it has a useful range. The new C295W MPA's will require just one fuel stop if flying to Beirut, Damascus or Bamako, as opposed to the current CASA which would require two stops. If flying a leg...

LE Ciara is in the dry dock out of the water, it's not operational and won't be for a while. LE Niamh won't be operational again until late 2021 or 2022.

No still in planning.

It would be quite contemptible to tender it at this stage given the manpower crisis and that half the fleet is tied up.
Money needs to be invested in a genuine personnel...

Just an update on equipment projects from what the part-time MfD has been saying.

52 Mowags upgraded, all completed by 2022.
28 more AUV's ordered.
The first of the 120 Scania TCV's to be...

This is a list of the properties that the DoD have sold since 2017.
The two houses in the Curragh worth over €150,000 each were "sold" to Kildare County Council for just €1 each. Again, business as...

The Army building behind the Garda station in Portlaoise is being given to the Gardai and a new location for the Army will be built at the Prison Service College.
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A number of RTE reports from February and March 1989.

Army Pay Controversey
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/QBGL1vi8WM">pic.twitter.com/QBGL1vi8WM</a></p>&mdash; Irish Air Corps (@IrishAirCorps) <a...