Lawyer and ex-soldier issues 75 proceedings over army’s use of ‘toxic’ anti-malarial drug Norman Spicer A lawyer and former soldier has issued proceedings on behalf of 75 former soldiers who say they suffered adverse effects from an anti-malarial drug.

May 2018 "The anti-malarial drug has not been licensed for use in Ireland since 2016 but continues to be used by the Defence Forces, who have administered it to up to 7,000 soldiers since 1993, he said."
#mefloquine #lariam #mefloquinetoxicity #quinism #ireland #irishdefenceforces

Lebanon 1995, but feels like a lifetime ago.
#blueberet #UNIFIL #peacekeeping #IrishDefenceForces

Honoured to have been invited to the SETU Carlow campus recently for the launch of the Education Pathways for Defence Forces Personnel Framework.

The €1 million funding from the HEA will support this nationally significant project.

#education #irishdefenceforces #SETU

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Minister for Defence launches €1.7 billion Defence Sectoral National Development Plan Helen McEntee TD launched the strategy yesterday (December 11 last) during a visit to the Curragh Camp

Minister for #Defence launches €1.7 billion Defence Sectoral National Development Plan

#Kildare #IrishDefenceForces #KildareNews #HelenMcEntee

Irish Air Corps Receives Final Airbus C295 Aviation News – Ireland strengthens airlift and maritime patrol capabilities with final C295 delivery The Irish Air Corps has officially received its third and final Airbus C295 aircraft at Casement Aerodrome on October 7, 2025, completing a €300 million modernization program that enhances Ireland’s air transport and maritime surveillance capacity. The acquisition marks the largest single equipment procurement in the history of the…

#AviationNews #IrishAirCorps #AirbusC295 #IrishDefenceForces #MilitaryAviation #MaritimeSurveillance #Ireland #AirLift #DefenseNews #Aerospace

Twenty-one Defence Forces court proceedings over two years The cases included charges of sexual assault and theft.

Sexual assault and theft among 21 Defence Forces court proceedings over two years #MSTNewsUpdate #TheBigVOICE #IrishDefenceForces

Now will Ireland seek to board it to verify its status, & then detain it if it is indeed sanction busting?
The only way this shadow fleet is combated is when States *enforce* the sanctions they have signed up to.
Only attempts I am aware of have all been in the Baltic Sea. #IrishDefenceForces 🇮🇪

Irish Defence Forces veterans to pass through Kildare as part of Famine Trail fundraiser The charitable venture is in aid of ONE

#IrishDefenceForces veterans to pass through #Kildare as part of #FamineTrail fundraiser

#IrishNews #Veterans #KildareNews #IrishHistory #IrishArmy #Fundraiser

Two British classics I saw at the #ShamrockCarandMachineryClub annual show. A 1967 #jaguar420 and a 1982 ex- #IrishDefenceForces #landroverdefender. The latter seems to be ex- #militarypolice from the markings.
Video Worldreach Comms (5 May 2025) #Johnstownbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland

Calls for the GPO to become National Veterans Centre The suggestion was made by ONE, the Irish Defence Forces veterans’ charity

Calls for the GPO to become National #Veterans Centre

#IrishHistory #IrelandNews #IrishDefenceForces #ArmyVeterans #Ireland #Dublin

Graeme Keyes @KeyesGraeme on #Ireland #IrishDefenceForces #Russia – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Groups representing military members hail 'historic' move for Defence Forces workplace rights The Irish Defence Forces were exempt from laws governing leave, safe rest periods and break times.

#PDFORRA #RACO #OWTA #IrishDefenceForces #DefenceForces #Health&Safety #HS #IrishArmy

The Irish Defence Forces were exempt from laws governing leave, safe rest periods and break times. www.thejournal.ie/groups-repre...

Date set for State’s appeal against ‘undue leniency’ of suspended sentence for former soldier Cathal Crotty A date has been fixed for the State's appeal against the "undue leniency" of the fully suspended sentence handed down to a former soldier who beat a woman unconscious on a Limerick street and later bo...

January 23rd, Hopefully the DPP can fight to get this animal in prison. We should not forget this.

#assault #ireland #dublin #limerick #JusticeReport #crime #irishdefenceforces

The Baltic twin cables cutting situation is still unfolding as Danish Navy continues to be alongside the suspect Chinese vessel under a Russian Captain & now this report. #Yantar #IrishSea #IrishDefenceForces

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Speaking of Irish forces in Lebanon.

The most moral army in the world - #Ireland

Full credit to them.

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