In 1961, 155 Irish soldiers deployed by the UN were surrounded by 4,000 Katangese troops. Cut off. Outgunned. Starving. They ...

The Cavan-born author on new novel Sister Wake, his Doctor Who books and the ‘highest compliment’ he gets from young readers ...

Defence Forces bomb disposal team attended scene at Co Clare hotel after package containing white powder found by staff ...

IRELAND’S Defence Forces will not reach full strength “within any realistic timeframe” under current recruitment rates, ...

Ours is a history in which robber barons used the promise of belonging to splinter the poor into warring factions. Sound ...

The first members of what would later become Iran’s fearsome revolutionary guards were trained in a quiet village outside ...

The luck of the Irish is real. An Army veteran in Maryland made Lottery history, claiming the largest prize ever won on the ...

The presentation of shamrock has previously taken place annually behind closed doors due to security risks ...

Gardai and the Defence Forces responded to a security alert at Trump Doonbeg in Clare just hours after Eric Trump left the ...

Army veteran Simon Taylor, who had part of his right leg amputated after his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in 2009, went ...

Gardai must provide further reasons for releasing two men suspected of playing an integral role in plans to blow up a mosque, ...