In 1961, 155 Irish soldiers deployed by the UN were surrounded by 4,000 Katangese troops. Cut off. Outgunned. Starving. They ...
All members of an Irish Defence Forces battalion "are well and accounted for" after they came under "small arms fire" in south Lebanon. The incident happened at about 18:30 Ireland time (20:30 Lebanon ...
The Defence Forces will pay close to €1million to survey our troops every year for five years as they go to war with a ...
The minute’s silence in Peacekeepers’ Square in Camp Shamrock on Saturday afternoon seemed all the more profound as it was accompanied by a low burble from the square’s fountain and a distant hum, ...