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Micheál Martin unveils major plans for modern overhaul of Defence Forces
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The Tánaiste, who is Minister for Defence as well as Foreign Affairs, outlined details of the plan to the Cabinet yesterday and sources have told The Irish Mirror that it is likely to cost more than €1.2 billion in the next five years
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Tributes paid following sudden death of Irish sailor while docked in Cork
Defence Forces
Leading Seaman Conor Kiely, a 39-year-old Cork man, was found in an unresponsive state by his colleagues on Friday
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Gardaí and Defence Forces evacuate homes in Clontarf as 'suspicious device' discovered
In the News
A historical device understood to be an unexploded WW2 grenade was discovered
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Defence Forces 'may not be able to repeat MV Matthew cocaine seizure operation over lack of personnel'
Drugs seizures
The strength of the Naval Service, Army and Air Corps now stands at around 7,671 personnel – almost 2,000 under what it should be
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Ex-Irish soldier with PTSD had 6 bottles of whiskey before firing decommissioned gun at praying wife, court hears
Courts
The court heard Walters was suffering from PTSD as a result of killing a man in battle in Lebanon in 1983
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Defence Forces poised to send 300 Irish troops to war-torn Lebanon
Defence Forces
The soldiers will begin deploying next week and will spend six months on patrol as part of a United Nations mission
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Just 33 women enlist in Defence Forces as major recruitment drive awaits
Defence Forces
The military are hoping to launch a new recruitment campaign shortly focusing on the women’s GAA among others to persuade more females to join up.
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Irish soldiers test fire most expensive weapons before shipping out to war-torn Middle East
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Members of the 123 Infantry Battalion fired three Javelin missiles as part of a final exercise for the mission
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'Budget injections for defence and justice simply may not be enough'
Budget
Justice Minister Helen McEntee – who has €3.5 billion to spend for her whole portfolio – may soon realise that money does not cure every ill
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Budget 2024: Government vows to recruit up 1,400 more gardai and Defence Forces personnel
An Garda Siochana
Budget 2024 will see tens of millions of extra euros added to defence and justice spending – with the recruitment of up to 1,400 gardai and military personnel.
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Defence Forces turn to VR to hone skills ahead of latest peacekeeping mission to Middle East
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The Irish Mirror was yesterday granted exclusive access to the Army’s Cavalry School in the Curragh Camp in Co Kildare where three-strong Mowag crews were put through their paces in the Defence Forces’ new Armoured Fighting Vehicle Crew and Gunnery Simulator
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Nearly €1m spent by Government in reports into Defence Forces as force battles for better pay: 'It's galling'
Defence Forces
The Labour Party's defence spokesman Mark Wall said that the amount of money spent on reports in the Defence Forces would be "galling" for members who are looking for additional resources.
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Irish in Israel and Palestine trapped by war contact diplomats pleading for help
World News
Sources say Irish citizens trapped in Israel itself and in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have both been in contact with diplomats seeking consular assistance
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Army bomb squad detonates nearly 200 sticks of dynamite found in Cork farm shed
Cork
The dynamite was detonated in a series of 'very large' controlled explosions on Thursday night
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Bomb squad called to ex-RTE star Fergal Keane's Cork farm after stash of dynamite found hidden in shed
Cork
Defence Forces have told the owner to evacuate the house as they make plans to dispose of the sticks of gelignite - a type of dynamite - after hundreds of sticks were discovered in the shed
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Three due in court charged in connection with €157m cocaine cargo ship seizure
Crime
The trio will appear before Mallow District Court on Tuesday
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Kinahan cartel investigated as possible clients after massive cocaine seizure
Drugs seizures
Sources have told The Irish Mirror that gardai suspect the notorious Clan del Golfo owned the seized cocaine – which would have been worth as much as €500 million on the streets
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Suspected cocaine in Ireland's biggest ever drug seizure could be worth €500 million as Gardai probe Irish gang link
Drugs seizures
A total of 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine was seized from a cargo vessel off the south-east coast of Ireland
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€140m Wexford cocaine probe LIVE: Naval Service, Gardai and Customs hold press conference on MV Matthew latest
Wexford
More details are set to emerge after a day of drama at sea that gripped the nation
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Drama at sea: Naval Service opens fire and elite army unit storm ship as part of €140m cocaine operation
Defence Forces
The Mirror has confirmed that ARW units, or chalks, have been flown from their base at the Curragh camp in Co Kildare to the ship off the Wexford coast - and warning shots were fired
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Specially trained Defence Forces bomb squad shares expertise with US soldiers
Defence Forces
Bomb squad officers from America, Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and even Australia are all taking part in the special exercise
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Watch Irish soldiers hold live fire exercise as they prepare for Syria mission
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The Mirror has been given access to the exercise by the 133-strong 68th Infantry Group as it prepares to head to the Golan Heights in war-torn Syria next month.
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Irish troops to provide weapons training to Ukrainian Armed Forces
Defence Forces
Irish troops will provide training in basic military skills including rifle training
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More than 5,500 personnel quit the Defence Forces in seven years as military the smallest in decades
Defence Forces
Statistics released to Labour Wexford TD Brendan Howlin show that as of the end of May, the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service had just 7,764 staff
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