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 does not have an air force, but provocations from Russia have prompted a change in its defense policy. For the first ...

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

Ireland does not have its own air force, but provocations from Russia have prompted it to change its defence policy. For the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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