Ireland should not join Nato or any EU army or change its stance on neutrality, the Tánaiste has said. Simon Harris said that while the country's foreign arrangements should not change, a target to ...

As Ireland grapples with its defence plans, the world awaits to learn the fate of Ukraine, in some private deal being cooked ...

Ukraine, Russia and US President Donald Trump combine to feature strongly in Saturday’s British newspaper front pages ...

Worldview: Europe can respond by developing links with China, Africa and the middle powers now asserting their role ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin should go to the White House on St Patrick’s Day, Mary Lou McDonald has said, but he should confront ...

Trump has started his second term with a plan to sweep Palestinian people from their homeland and negotiating with Russia in ...

Defence Forces numbers grew for the first time in seven years last year and the strength of the force now stands at around ...

Simon Harris has said he is “deeply saddened” by the Creeslough decision to reinstate a fuel station that took 10 lives in a Donegal explosion.

Tánaiste has said blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion was “revisionism on speed” in response to comments by Donald Trump.

Ireland’s military spending should reach the highest possible level — around €3bn annually — in the coming years, the ...

The use of Irish peacekeepers in Ukraine cannot be ruled out, the Tánaiste has said.However, Simon Harris also ruled out ...

There cannot really be a peace deal without Ukraine.” Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Harris separately said Ukraine and Europe must be involved in negotiations.