Tánaiste Simon Harris is hoping laws which unravel the triple lock will be scrutinised by TDs by the summer recess in mid-July. The laws being brought forward by Minister for Foreign Affairs will ...

ISRAEL has been blasted for targeting a UN peacekeeping post manned by Irish troops. The peacekeeping position in southern ...

The Irish Defence Forces said the Irish troops were working with the Lebanese Armed Forces when they were targeted by a laser ...

Opposition politicians will rally today to “save the Triple Lock”, which they believe is necessary to protect Ireland’s ...

THERE were emotional scenes this week at Dublin Airport arrivals as peacekeepers in Lebanon arrived home. 170 Defence Forces troops serving in the Middle East were greeted by loved ones yesterday ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and other Opposition TDs and Senators decried it as an act that would erode “cherished” ...

Irish soldiers faced stigma and shame when returning home from fighting in World War II. The book "Returning Home" (2012) is by the Galway historian Bernard Kelly, and investigates the shameful ...

Today is Victory in Europe Day, 80-years since the guns fell silent across a continent and the Second World War came to an ...

Over 3,500 Irish soldiers lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme alone, many of whom had joined the British Army in the hope of securing Home Rule for Ireland once the English had won the war.