Ireland can “no longer shy away from” defence, military and security capability and has to “get serious” about defending ...

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 ...

Inshore Patrol Vessels will replace LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara, which were decommissioned last year The newly purchased Irish Naval Inshore Patrol Vessels on the deck of the cargo ship Happy Dynamic ...

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 ...

Between 1845-1850, the Great Potato Famine created a mass exodus from Ireland, forcing two million citizens to board ships in search of better lives in the U.S. Jeanie Johnston was perhaps 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 ...

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 ...