https://t.co/gCVEsFW0Cn @BerryCathal said, neutrality was a "perfectly legitimate" policy, if it was properly resoursed, but said 🇮🇪 was "defenceless" and dependent on Nato countries for air and maritime support.

RIP Shirley Valentine

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Back in the USSR . . . The Maynooth University Marxist Geography Teachers Collective lead by the fearless @PatrickBresnihsn have called for the introduction of State Run Grocery stores. Probably because these worked so well when tried previously by the other Comrades . .

Neutrality, "a thing of the past " as Russia can " paralyse " rivals. @CormacJOKeeffe in todays @irishexaminer👇

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Breaking - Gardaí arrest two men on suspicion of membership of an extremist right wing organisation, as part of a cross-border police operation. Arrests linked to seizure of suspected components of an improvised explosive device in Newry by PSNI. Story on @irishexaminer shortly

Ukrainians and foreigners train for drone warfare at Kyiv’s Killhouse academy. https://t.co/UPicF7DV43

A poignant Remembrance Service held today by @RBL_Ireland at Grangegorman Military Cemetery Dublin 🇮🇪 The largest military cemetery in Ireland The graveyard was opened in 1876 & contains war graves from both WWI & WWII #LestWeForget @GrangegormanM @PoppyLegion @CWGC

Recently, a new intake of Cadets began their training at the Cadet School, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare. This is the first step in a journey of service, leadership, and commitment to the values of Óglaigh na hÉireann. We wish them every success as they embark on their careers.

"I don’t believe we run back to the Irish people with a referendum on every piece of legislation ... this is not an attempt to change Ireland's position on military neutrality, it is an issue to change how we dispatch peacekeeping troops overseas."

RTE news : Referendum on Triple Lock not necessary, says Tánaiste. The triple lock is about the ability to deploy our own Defence Forces without having to seek the permission of others. Nothing else. https://t.co/V5HxXrmMYJ

Two arrested after horror arson attack on Drogheda IPAS centre - Irish Mirror

So 🇬🇧 over the years cashed in the ‘peace dividend’ to the detriment of the AF. We have a similar problem with chronic underinvestment. Politicians making bad policy decisions negatively impacts the population. Ie lack of defence capability exposes the nation to outside threats

For #ThrowBackThursday # #tbt , we back to when the @IrishAirCorps operated the Cessna 172 Built in 1972 by REIMS Aviation in France under a licensed agreement with Cessna, the Reims Rocket served in the Irish Air Corps for nearly half a century before its retirement in 2019.

@ConorHogarty @IrishTimes This is not new, but late. Ireland’s institutional responses are gripped by inefficiency and lack of adequate political leadership. @collision analysed it well in @IrishTimes but as Emily O’Reilly/Ombuds pointed out in 2013, Oireachtas fails to hold Govt accountable, violating

🇫🇮 ambassador to 🇮🇪 Leena Gardemeister said Finland had been neutral for decades, a policy that was “loved and dear to our hearts”. She said the policy “worked for us until it didn’t” and that after the invasion the people’s view “changed very quickly”.

Meanwhile, in Ireland, the sole functional drydock suffers from zero investment by its current owners, who recently proposed filling the whole lot in concrete, to provide a hard stand for wind energy assembly.

On 30 October 2025, RACO presented the Lt Gen Tadhg O'Neill award for best overall result on the 7th Joint Command & Staff Course, and Director of Infantry awards for the best students on the 7th & 8th Land Command & Staff Courses at @MaynoothUni. Congrats to all graduates! 1/3

Today, Óglaigh na hÉireann conducted a Remembrance Ceremony at the National Memorial, Merrion Square, to honour Defence Forces personnel who have died in service over the past 12 months. The Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Simon Harris T.D., attended the ceremony, accompanied