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Ministerial Review of the 124th Infantry Battalion United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) prior to deployment to Lebanon

The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Mr Micheál Martin T.D., accompanied by the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, reviewed the men and women of the 124th Infantry Battalion prior to their departure for a six-month deployment to Lebanon as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
Micheál Martin reviewing the men and women of the 124th Infantry Battalion

124 Inf Bn will deploy to the UNIFIL area of operations with three hundred and forty one (341) personnel, (nine (9) Maltese, three hundred and thirty two (332) Irish). 124 Inf Bn will deploy to Lebanon rotating with and replacing the 123 Inf Bn.  

 

124th Inf Bn will then commence operations as part of a multinational battalion, comprising of Irish, Maltese, Polish and Hungarian personnel, collectively referred to as IRISHPOLBATT. IRISHPOLBATT will support UNIFIL’s mandates in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701 (2006) and UNSCR 2650 (2022).

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