Ireland does not have an air force, but provocations from Russia have prompted a change in its defense policy. For the first ...

Few countries in the developed world are without fighter jets. Combat aircraft fast enough to intercept an aerial threat are considered the backbone of a capable air defense, and most nations maintain ...

Ireland’s planned purchase of combat jets and the development of a long-overdue national radar system mark a historic turning ...

Ireland does not have its own air force, but provocations from Russia have prompted it to change its defence policy. For the ...

Ireland’s Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minster) and Defence Minister Simon Harris has instructed “groundwork” to begin on the ...

THE government will spend up to €100 million a year on fighter jets as part of a major upgrade of our defence capability.

Officials in the Department of Defence have been asked to cost a massive expansion of the Irish military, including the ...

In a deal that analysts estimate might exceed €1 billion, Tánaiste and Defence Minister Simon Harris seek to purchase fighter planes with missiles for the Air Corps. The head of Fine Gael stated on ...