Fears Irish Defence Forces WON’T reach full strength ‘within any realistic timeframe’ as State recruitment help refused

IRELAND’S Defence Forces will not reach full strength “within any realistic timeframe” under current recruitment rates, ...
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'It's a normal day for us' - brave Irish soldiers reveal what they will be doing on Christmas Day in Lebanon

Irish soldiers serving with the United Nations in Lebanon have spoken of how they’ll miss their families on Christmas day – but know they are doing vital work for peace. Christmas Day will be just ...
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Any role for Irish troops in Ukraine would be about 'peacekeeping, not peace enforcement'

THE TÁNAISTE HAS said that Irish troops will not participate in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if it would put them in a ...
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Former Irish Republican Army soldier in Missouri self deports, afraid he’ll die in ICE cell

Matthew Morrison’s children, Matt, 37, and Katie, 34, on July 22, the day after he self-deported (Katie Moore/The Marshall Project). Trump administration officials aim to pressure some noncitizens ...
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Former Irish Republican Army soldier self-deports, afraid he'd die in an ICE holding cell

Trump administration officials aim to pressure some noncitizens into self-deporting. It worked on Matthew Morrison. In mid-July, the 69-year-old former psychiatric nurse supervisor quietly fled the ...