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

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

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

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

The Tánaiste said 'I think we are living in a geo-security and geo-political environment that is volatile and we have a lot ...

Ireland does not have its own capability to police its airspace and does not have any fighter jets to respond to airborne ...

Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris is now “convinced” of the need for the State to acquire combat jet aircraft to ...

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

Experts say such a plan will be a massive cost to the taxpayer, with a potential price tag of around €1 billion.

The US decision to halt the supply of military aid to Ukraine was announced after stock markets closed on 3 March but it ...

It has been more than a century since Irish independence. But until now threats to national security have not seriously ...

Earlier this week, new Defence Minister Simon Harris confirmed he wants to see the Defence Forces purchase fighter jets as he believes Ireland needs to catch up in that area. Asked about the ...