Irish Defence Forces

Inside Camp Shamrock: Irish Troops Return From Lebanon Mission

Irish troops have returned home after a six-month UN peacekeeping deployment in South Lebanon during one of the most volatile[…]

2 Artillery Regiment recently conducted a 120 Heavy Mortar and a 105 Gun live firing shoot in the Glen of[…]

Since the creation of the Stahlhelm by Germany during The First World War the design has spread across the globe[…]

Defence Forces Training Course. Mowag Crewmen are put through their Crosss Country Driving skills during a Mowag Crewmans Course, Credit[…]

The requirement for LTAVs was identified in order to fill a capability gap that existed between soft skinned vehicles and[…]

A recreation of the kit of an Irish infantryman serving on the Éire/Northern Ireland border in the middle to late[…]

For decades, Ireland was treated as a military footnote — neutral, lightly armed, and strategically irrelevant. But that image no[…]

The Defence Forces are the armed forces of Ireland. They encompass the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, and Reserve Defence[…]

So i took the defense forces fitness test, it was hard and there is plenty room for improvement, think i[…]

A special episode of Shattered Lives. Mick reports from his recent trip to Syria, where he met members of the[…]