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 ...

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

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

Simon Harris says he is convinced of need to acquire combat jet aircraft to ‘deter and detect’ airborne threats as part of ...

Ireland does not have its own capability to police its airspace and does not have any fighter jets to respond to airborne ...

For the past 50 years, the Republic of Ireland has relied on the United Kingdom to provide air cover in the face of an ...

The Irish government has drafted legislation that would remove a de facto ban on deploying more than 12 troops abroad, as the ...

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