Instead, she joined the navy. The County Carlow native is now the captain of LÉ Róisín, an off-shore patrol vessel and one of nine ships in the fleet of the Irish Naval Service, which is ...

The Irish navy shadowed a Russian ‘subsea spy ship’ into the early hours of Friday after it entered Irish-controlled waters on Thursday and patrolled a section of the Irish Sea where critical ...

The Naval Service has already contracted other aspects of vital ship maintenance to a handful of Irish marine companies The Irish Times has learned naval technicians formally raised concerns about ...

Commodore Liam Brett, who has died aged 86, retired as head of the Irish Navy in 1990. As a seafarer, he was renowned for his ship handling and his ability to manoeuvre and turn vessels in the ...

The Naval Service is so short staffed that it can now only muster one ship to patrol Ireland’s west coast at a time – whereas even five years ago it could put as many as four vessels out at ...

Irish ship raid: Seized cocaine 'supplied by South ... market - given that only two of the eight ships in the Irish Naval Service are currently able to carry out offshore patrols.

Earlier, Irish fishers and members of Ireland’s government made statements expressing their fear that the upcoming naval drills could cause potential damage to marine flora and fauna LONDON ...

The United Kingdom has confirmed that one of its Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarines surfaced close to the Yantar, a notorious Russian spy ship late last year, to make it clear it was being observed ...