Only two of the eight ships in the Irish Naval Service are able ... vessels which were bought from the Royal New Zealand Navy have not yet entered service. There were 1,493 applications to join ...

The two newly delivered Irish Naval Service Inshore Patrol Vessels ... FOLLOWING an epic 35-day, voyage from New Zealand, the two newest ships to join the Irish naval fleet finally arrived into ...

A new naval vessel, commissioned by the Irish Naval Service Reserve, has been launched on Valentia Island. Built at FM Marine Services’ Valentia Island facility in Co Kerry, the Fionnghuala is ...

A Russian Navy intelligence-gathering ship has now left Irish-controlled waters, Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has said. Speaking in Athlone on Friday, he said the Defence Forces had ...

In November, a Russian spy ship was found to be operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea. The Irish Naval Service monitored the activity of the Yantar - which has a crew of 60 and is ...

Simon Harris orders officials to speed up planned purchases of radar and sonar technology due to threat of Russian naval ...

The Russian intelligence ship Viktor Leonov was monitored by Ireland’s Defence Forces for over 36 hours within the country’s ...

Ireland is set to become a member of an alliance of European nations that shares intelligence on potential threats in EU ...