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 ...

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.

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

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

The Irish government has drafted legislation that would remove a de facto ban on deploying more than 12 troops abroad, as 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 ...