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

Ireland’s planned purchase of combat jets and the development of a long-overdue national radar system mark a historic turning ...

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

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

In a deal that analysts estimate might exceed €1 billion, Tánaiste and Defence Minister Simon Harris seek to purchase fighter planes with missiles for the Air Corps. The head of Fine Gael stated on ...

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

A South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area during training on Thursday, injuring eight ...

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

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

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

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