Ireland’s planned purchase of combat jets and the development of a long-overdue national radar system mark a historic turning ...

Few countries in the developed world are without fighter jets. Combat aircraft fast enough to intercept an aerial threat are considered the backbone of a capable air defense, and most nations maintain ...

Ireland’s Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minster) and Defence Minister Simon Harris has instructed “groundwork” to begin on the ...

Simon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of ...

Ireland needs new radars to see what is flying above our airspace before we go about purchasing fighter jets, a security ...

THE government will spend up to €100 million a year on fighter jets as part of a major upgrade of our defence capability.

TÁNAISTE AND DEFENCE Minister Simon Harris says he’s now “convinced” that Ireland needs a squadron of fighter jet ...

The Irish government has announced plans to invest €2.5 billion in the acquisition of combat aircraft and the creation of the ...

Officials in the Department of Defence have been asked to cost a massive expansion of the Irish military, including the ...

For the past 50 years, the Republic of Ireland has relied on the United Kingdom to provide air cover in the face of an ...

Boost to Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ as Dublin pushes to expand its military and put boots on the ground ...