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    • 2026
      • Media Invite – 09.20am, Thursday 12th of February
      • 13 Jan 26: Appointment of new Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) [DCOS Ops], Major General John Whittaker
      • Awarding of Distinguished Service Medals
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    • 2025
      • An Cosantóir Magazine January/February 2025
      • Media Invite - 9.30am, Tuesday 25th November 2025
      • Appointment of new Defence Forces Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS)
      • 100th Cadet Class & 12th Potential Officers Class Commissioning Ceremony
      • Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff Hosts International Women, Peace and Security Chiefs of Defence Network Meeting in Dublin
      • Ireland Celebrates the First Graduate of Military Medicine
      • Notification of Death in Service
      • Media Invite: Pre-Deployment Mission Readiness Exercise, 126th Infantry Battalion, UNIFIL (Lebanon)
      • Transfer of Appointment of the Chief of Staff of Óglaigh na hÉireann
      • An Cosantóir Magazine May/June 2025
      • Appointment of new Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Support (DCOS Sp), Major General Colm Ó Luasa
      • Naval Service Officer Commissioning Ceremony
      • The Irish Air Corps Hosts the Aviation Convention (AVCON)
      • Media Invite: Pre-Deployment Mission Readiness Exercise, 127th Infantry Battalion, UNIFIL (Lebanon)
      • Media Invite - 11am, Friday 31st October 2025.
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      • Irish Troops Return to Ireland Following Six Month Deployment with UNIFIL to Lebanon
      • Irish Defence Forces Participate in EU MilEx 2025
    • 2024
      • 14 Oct 2024 - Defence Forces Update
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      • 12 Oct 2024 - Defence Forces Update
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      • 07 Oct 2024 - Defence Forces Update
      • 124 Infantry Battalion leave rotations from UNIFIL
      • 04 Oct 2024 - Photographs in Lebanon
      • Statement from Defence Forces on the situation in UNIFIL, Lebanon.
      • Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel 09:00am 07 Nov 2024
      • 01 Oct 2024 - Defence Forces Statement
      • July/August An Cosantóir Magazine
      • GOC 1 Brigade, Brigadier General Caimin Keogh
      • Incident in Dún Ui Mhaoilíosa (Renmore) Barracks
      • The Chief of Staff has welcomed the appointment of Mr Peter Ward SC to examine the administration of cases involving Defence Forces personnel convicted of criminal offences
      • Defence Forces Media Update - 25 June 2024
      • Chief of Staff Welcomes the Establishment of the Tribunal of Inquiry
      • CMU Claim First Place in Exercise Arduous Serpent 2024
      • Media Invite – 2:30pm, Thursday 16 May 2024 - Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy Appointed as the first Irish Chair of the European Union Military Committee
      • DF Review Call for Papers 2024
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      • Notification of Death in Service - Lieutenant Conal Sheeran
      • Ministerial Review of the 124th Infantry Battalion United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) prior to deployment to Lebanon
      • 29th Young Officer Wings Course Graduation
      • 99th Cadet Class Officer Commissioning Ceremony
      • Opening of the New Accommodation Block in Collins Barracks Cork
      • Irish Troops Return to Ireland Following the Final Six-Month Deployment to Syria
      • NO Irish personnel injured during the OGL patrol incident
      • Mandatory Retirement Age for Defence Forces Personnel
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      • Óglaigh na hÉireann Year in Review Statement 2023
    • 2023
      • DF Commemorates the 1st Anniversary of the Tragic Loss of Pte Seán Rooney
      • Detailed Implementation Plan 2023
      • Ministerial Review of 123 Inf Bn UNIFIL prior to deployment to Lebanon
      • Media Invite - 12.00pm, 31 Oct 2023 Ministerial Review
      • Pre-Deployment Mission Readiness Exercise, 123rd Infantry Battalion, UNIFIL (Lebanon)
      • Stand-Down and Award of Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Maureen O'Brien
      • 13 Oct 23: Update on personnel serving in Israel, Lebanon and Syria
      • Media Invite Stand-Down Parade and Award of Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Maureen O Brien
      • 09 Oct 23 Update on Irish Defence Forces serving in Israel, Lebanon and Syria
      • Visit of the Military Advisor to UNHQ General Birame Diop
      • Defence Forces Veterans’ Day 2023
      • Defence Forces Veterans' Day 2023
      • DEFENCE FORCES PARTICIPATE IN JOINT TASK FORCE COORDINATED OPERATION AT SEA 26 SEPTEMBER 2023
      • Ministerial Review of the 68 Infantry Group United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) prior to deployment to Syria
      • Appointment of new Defence Forces Head of Strategic HR
      • 68th Infantry Group - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force - Mission Readiness Exercise
      • Defence Forces Open Day 2023
      • Return of LÉ William Butler Yeats (P63) from deployment on EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini
      • Rededication of the National Army Monument Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
      • Traffic Advisory Dublin
      • 12 January 2026 : Distinguished Service Medals
      • 61st Naval Cadet Class Officer Commissioning Ceremony
      • Progress of the recommendations in the Independent Review Group Report
      • Media Day hosted by the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence and the Chief of Staff to launch the Defence Forces Open Day 2023
      • Appointment of new Defence Forces Head of Transformation Mr Brian Molloy
      • Defence Forces Deployment of Naval Service Vessel LÉ William Butler Yeats to EUNAVFORMED (ENFM) OPERATION IRINI
      • Opportunity to meet the crew of LÉ William Butler Yeats prior to deployment to EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini in the Naval Base Haulbowline Cork
      • Defence Forces Artillery Corps Centenary Event in Collins Bks, Cork
      • rish Defence Forces training assistance to EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM-UA) - Cyprus
      • rish Defence Forces 1st Armoured Cavalry Squadron compete in the US Army International Scout Competition (The Gainey Cup), Fort Benning USA - 2023
      • Ministerial Review of 122nd Infantry Battalion UNIFIL in Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick
      • Army Ranger Wing return from ECAT Operation PICCOLO in Djibouti and Cyprus
      • DEFENCE FORCES UPDATE ON TROOPER SHANE KEARNEY
      • Irish Defence Forces 27th Infantry Battalion & ARW sniper teams at the US Army International Sniper Competition 2023
      • Eadestown native reads Proclamation outside GPO as part of the 107th Anniversary of the 1916 Rising
      • Defence Forces Announce Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to EUNAVFORMED (ENFM) OPERATION IRINI
      • Irish Defence Forces monitor Russian commercial ships off West Coast
      • Publication of the Independent Review Group into the Defence Forces
      • Defence Forces Update - Death of serving Defence Forces member in parachuting accident
      • Medical Condition of Trooper Shane Kearney
      • Defence Forces Year In Review Statement 2022
      • Update - Medical condition of Trooper Shane Kearney
      • 206 Defence Forces Personnel Receive Awards from SETU Carlow
    • 2022
      • Letters of Condolences for Pte Seán Rooney
      • Medical Evacuation of Trooper Shane Kearney from Lebanon to Ireland
      • Funeral Details Private Seán Rooney RIP
      • Sign Book Of Condolences
      • Condolences for Pte Seán Rooney
      • Remains of Private Séan Rooney arrived in Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel
      • Remains of Pte Séan Rooney arrived in Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel
      • Update - Repatriation of Pte Seán Rooney
      • Update on Situation in Lebanon
      • Defence Forces Statement - Release of Names
      • Overseas Incident in Lebanon, 14 December 2022
      • Irish Troops Return Following Six-Month Deployment to Lebanon
      • Ministerial Review of 121st Infantry Battalion UNIFIL in Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa Barracks, Galway
      • Ministerial Review of 66 Infantry Group UNDOF
      • Defence Forces An Cosantóir 10km Road Race & 5km Walk - 12th Oct 2022
      • Irish Air Corps Centenary Veterans Day
      • Defence Forces Chief of Staff welcomes historic increase in Defence budget
      • Defence Forces Veterans Day 2022
      • 10th Anniversary of the Emergency Aeromedical Service (Air Ambulance Helicopter)
      • Defence Forces Recruitment Rebrand Launch
    • 2021
      • LÉ WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS (P63) Detains a Spanish Fishing Vessel
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Remove IED From Drimnagh Dublin 12
      • LÉ James Joyce (P62) Detains Belgian Registered Fishing Vessel
      • Appointment of Brigadier General Brian Cleary to GOC 1 Bde
      • Commissioning Ceremony of the 59th Cadet Class
      • Irish Troops Return Home Following a Six-Month Deployment to South Lebanon
      • Irish Suicide Bereavement Survey
      • Commissioning Ceremony of Reserve Defence Forces Officers
      • Appointment of new Defence Forces Deputy Chief of Staff (Support), Major General Adrian Ó Murchú
      • Ministerial Review of 64th Infantry Group UNDOF in the Curragh Camp
      • Independent Review into harassment, sexual harassment, bullying and discrimination in the Defence Forces
      • Army Ranger Wing return from ECAT Operation in Afghanistan
      • Defence Forces Conduct Complex Maritime Counter Terrorism Exercise
      • Appointment of Brigadier General Seán White to EUMS
    • 2020
      • Irish Troops Return to Dublin Airport
      • Irish Personnel in MINUSMA
      • Defence Forces Year in Review 2019
      • Diving Operation For Irish Fishing Vessel “Alize”
      • Mother and Daughter make Defence Forces history
      • Defence Forces Personnel Involved in Incident in Mali
      • Promotion of Colonel Brian Cleary to Commander, Joint Task Force
      • New technology to protect staff against COVID-19
      • P64 Detains French Registered Fishing Vessel
      • PILATUS PC-12 DELIVERS COVID-19 TESTS TO GERMAN LABORATORY
      • LÉ CIARA Detains French Registered Fishing Vessel Off Mizen Head
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe Grenade at Harold's Cross
      • LÉ William Butler Yeats (P63) Departs Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin
      • Incident involving Air Corps Helicopter in Clondalkin
      • UN Confirms Rotation Dates for Defence Forces Personnel deployed in Lebanon with UNIFIL Mission
      • Irish Troops Return to Dublin Airport from UNIFIL Mission in Lebanon
      • Naval Service Officer Commissioning 2020
      • LÉ William Butler Detains French Registered Fishing Vessel
      • LÉ William Butler Yeats Detains German Registered Fishing Vessel
    • 2019
      • Naval Service Detain Fishing Vessel
      • Commissioning Ceremony of Defence Forces Officers in Dublin Castle
      • Army Bomb Disposal attend scene in Coolock
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe Pipe-Bomb
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Called To Inspect Unidentified Substance
      • Pre-Deployment MRE 59th Inf Gp UNDOF
      • Launch of 2019 Óglaigh na hÉireann Cadetship Competition
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe a Device
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Dispose Of Historical Grenade
      • Rescue 111 20th Anniversary
      • Army EOD Team Dispose Of Historical Grenade In Malahide
      • LÉ Niamh Detains Fishing Vessel
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Remove IED
      • LÉ George Bernard Shaw Detains Fishing Vessel
      • LÉ SAMUEL BECKETT Detains Fishing Vessel
      • Irish Air Corps Stand Down Reims Rocket Fleet After 47 Years
      • Óglaigh na hÉireann Visit FAI HQ
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Remove IEDs
      • LÉ WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Detains Fishing Vessel
      • Christmas Wishes from Overseas
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    • 2018
      • General Service Recruitment
      • Air Corps Commissioning
      • LÉ James Joyce Returns Home
      • Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe a Historic Artillery Shell
      • Defence Forces Conduct MRE
      • Army Bomb Disposal Teams Conduct Two Separate Operations
      • Defence Forces Commissioning Ceremony
      • LÉ James Joyce on OP SOPHIA
      • Ministerial Review
      • LÉ Samuel Beckett Detains Fishing Vessel
      • Improvised Explosive Device
      • IED's Removed
      • Christmas Messages
      • Naval Service Detain Fishing Vessels
      • Naval Service Recruitment
      • Defence Forces Operations 2018
      • Defence Forces Carol Service
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    • 2026
      • Defence Forces Massed Bands Concert in City Hall, Cork
      • Ministerial Visit to Galway (DSM/USAC Opening)
      • 110th Anniversary of Easter Rising
      • 1916 Leaders Commemoration
      • National Famine Commemoration
      • National Day of Commemoration
    • 2025
      • Defence Forces Open Day
      • Easter Sunday Parade
      • 1916 Leaders Commemoration
      • National Famine Commemoration
      • National Day of Commemoration
      • DF Vets Day
      • Defence Forces Review UCC
      • Tri Service Careers Day
      • Careers Night Collins Barracks Cork
      • 1916 Commemoration at the GPO
      • Deadline for Call for Papers for DF Review 2025
      • DF Veterans Day
      • The Combined Army Band
      • Defence Forces Carol Service
    • 2024
      • Launch of Defence Forces Review 2023
      • 12th Inf Bn Limerick Open Evening
      • LÉ William Butler Yeats in Dublin Port - Open to Members of the Public
      • Navy Recruitment Drive Killybegs, Co. Donegal Saturday 08 June 2024
      • Open Day Renmore Barracks Galway
      • An Cosantóir 10k Road Race
      • Defence Forces Carol Service
      • Defence Forces Remembrance Ceremony Merrion Square
      • Defence Forces Veterans Day, McKee Barracks
      • Defence Forces Annual Gala Concert
      • Defence Forces Bands Concert Athlone
      • Defence Forces Training Centre Gala Evening
    • 2023
      • Arbour Hill Ceremony
      • Easter Sunday Commemoration, GPO, Dublin
      • Ministerial Review 122 Inf Bn for duty with UNIFIL, Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick.
      • National Famine Commemoration, Millford, Co. Donegal.
      • Civil War Commemoration, Garden of Remembrance, Dublin.
      • National Day of Commemoration
      • DF hurling competitions and DF Camogie
      • DF Rugby
      • The 100 Years Anniversary of the 'Signal Corps'
      • Defence Forces Artillery Corps Centenary Event in Collins Bks, Cork
      • Defence Forces Open Day
      • Return of LÉ William Butler Yeats P63 from deployment on EUNAVFOR MED Operation Irini
      • Rededication of the National Army Monument Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
      • Cathal Brugha Barracks Open Day
      • DF Remembrance Day
      • Ministerial Review 123 Inf Bn UNIFIL
      • DF Carol Service
    • 2020
      • DF vs AGS Dome GAA
      • Centenary Handover of McKee Barracks
    • 2019
      • 1916 Leaders Commemoration
      • National Day of Commemoration
      • Defence Forces Veterans Day
      • Review 114th Infantry Battalion
      • Defence Forces Training Centre Open Day
      • 50TH Anniversary Trooper Michael Kennedy
      • Naval Service Officer Commissioning Ceremony
      • Joint Wildfire Fire-Fighting Exercise
      • Defence Forces Gala Concert
      • Ministerial Review of the Syria Bound 60th Infantry Group
      • Defence Forces Training Centre Gala Concert Launch
      • Defence Forces Remembrance Ceremony
      • Irish Troops Return to Dublin Airport
      • Air Corps Commissioning Ceremony
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