Irish ‘neutrality’ is nothing more than freeloading on the taxpayers of other nations

Irish neutrality is a legacy of Éamon de Valera’s considerable antipathy to all things British, and has been the lodestar of ...
Irish Examiner

Retiring Irish navy chief warns of Cold War-level global threat

Commodore Michael Malone spoke to the 'Irish Examiner' about geopolitical threats — and also memories of his 44 years of ...
RTÉ Ireland

Cork honours naval commodore and garda chief superintendent on retirement

Flag Officer Commanding Naval Service Commodore Michael Malone of the Naval Service and the head of policing in the Cork City Garda Division Chief Superintendent Tom Myers have been honoured as they ...

Navy officers couldn’t open fire when drones passed within 500m of ship during Zelenskiy visit

Rogue drones launched as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was arriving in Ireland came as close as 500m to an Irish ...
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Outgoing head of Irish Navy tells sailors to embrace change to respond to 'Cold War' level threat

Commodore Michael Malone was speaking at his retirement, known as a Stand Down Parade, in Haulbowline Naval Base in Cork ...
MonocleOpinion

Irish neutrality is a weak spot for Europe that Putin could use to his advantage

It’s possible that Europe narrowly missed its 21st-century Archduke Franz Ferdinand moment last week. As Ukraine’s official ...
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Irish naval ship monitored suspicious vessel off Dublin during Zelenskyy visit

AS THE UKRAINIAN President arrived in Ireland, the Irish Naval Service off the coast of Dublin were watching a nearby cargo ...
Jane's Information Group

Ireland selects Thales for towed-array sonar capability

Irish Naval Service Samuel Beckett-class OPV LÉ George Bernard Shaw . Photographed in London by Neil Dee (in a personal capacity, not at a show) on Saturday, 20 May 2023. (Janes/Neil Dee) The Irish ...