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 ...

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

Ireland is preparing to change legislation that restricts the deployment of more than 12 military forces abroad. This is part ...

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

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