The costing exercise is the first known concrete step towards such a goal. Under the proposals, the Irish Naval Service, which will soon be renamed the Irish Navy, will operate 12 ships ...

The Irish navy shadowed a Russian ‘subsea spy ship’ into the early hours of Friday after it entered Irish-controlled waters on Thursday and patrolled a section of the Irish Sea where critical ...

IRISH SECURITY FORCES are monitoring reports of Russian naval ships and aircraft spotted off the coast of Spain and Portugal ...

Inshore Patrol Vessels will replace LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara, which were decommissioned last year The newly purchased Irish Naval Inshore Patrol Vessels on the deck of the cargo ship Happy Dynamic ...

The Irish Naval Service is continuing to monitor a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker that has sailed from the south-west coast, near the location of transatlantic data cables ...