Ireland’s air force, An tAerchór – the Irish Air Corps – doesn’t have a single fighter jet in its fleet. Ireland is not alone ...

So perhaps there is something poetically apropos about this coming March 17, in which St. Patrick’s Day takes place in the ...

The return of Trump to the White House is tearing up relationships between old allies and Ireland faces some big questions ...

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

THE Government needs to hire 4,000 soldiers, sailors and air force recruits by 2028 just to meet basic targets, the Tanaiste ...

The Defence Forces are set to get a new leader – just as Ireland and the rest of the European Union embark on a major ...

The Irish Air Corps, which will become the Irish Air Force, would acquire a squadron of aircraft capable of air combat and interception of airborne threats. It would also involve a fleet of modern ...

Ireland’s Air Corps currently has a number of slower planes ... jets at up to €100 million per year. A report in the Irish Times today suggested that the Defence Forces could purchase at ...

Members of the Irish Air Corps assisted in transporting a one-year-old to get urgent medical care. Sharing a post to X ...

The air traffic control tower at Baldonnel Airport is 'not fit for purpose', a submission to the Commission on the Defence Forces has warned.