# army - Saturday 17 August, 2019
Operation Banner began in August 1969 and lasted until 2007.
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# army - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
Kehoe became embroiled in confusion over the weekend when he said two vessels were docked for maintenance reasons and not for staff shortages.
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# army - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
There were 256 discharges in the first four months of 2019.
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# army - Sunday 9 June, 2019
If approved this would be the first deployment of the ARW overseas in their special forces role since their deployment to Chad in 2008.
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# army - Tuesday 4 June, 2019
Hundreds of people were also injured when a sit-in was forcefully broken up by the military.
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# army - Thursday 30 May, 2019
Raco is calling for the introduction of an independent pay review body to help address the staff retention crisis.
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# army - Friday 12 April, 2019
The country’s president Omar-al-Bashir was removed from power and detained by the army yesterday.
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# army - Wednesday 3 April, 2019
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation.
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# army - Sunday 3 February, 2019
They were made aware of the suspected device at about 5pm.
# army - Friday 28 December, 2018
There are currently 650 members of the Defence Forces serving in 14 countries.
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# army - Thursday 27 December, 2018
The US President says his concerns were for the First Lady, not for himself.
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# army - Monday 24 December, 2018
The announcement that US troops would leave the war-racked country has shocked global partners and American politicians alike.
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# army - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
Ireland’s Defence Forces are in the Netherlands where they will aim to book a place at next year’s World Military Games.
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# army - Monday 12 November, 2018
The area was evacuated for a period yesterday.
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# army - Sunday 7 October, 2018
A new book by an Irish retired member of the Defence Forces looks to shed light on the job they did during an intense period.
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# army - Friday 21 September, 2018
32-year-old Salthill-Knocknacarra ace Sean Armstrong is stepping aside.
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# army - Friday 7 September, 2018
It comes at a time when it’s claimed the Defence Forces is experiencing a recruitment crisis.
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# army - Sunday 27 May, 2018
Since 2003, the gardaí have been allowed request support from the Defence Forces at the airport.
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# army - Thursday 24 May, 2018
38-year-old Emile Cilliers tried to kill his wife twice, the other attempt involving a gas leak being caused on purpose at their home.
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# army - Monday 26 March, 2018
The government wants to maintain a strength level of 9,500 personnel across the Army , Naval Service and Air Corps.
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# army - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
The Cabinet approved the participation in the group which will be on standby from July to December 2020.
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# army - Friday 2 February, 2018
The crash happened about 50 kilometres northwest of Saint-Tropez in southern France.
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# army - Sunday 21 January, 2018
Almost 14,000 men and women applied to join the Defence Forces in 2017.
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# army - Thursday 28 December, 2017
The drugs were seized by gardaí and brought to Rathmines Garda Station.
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# army - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
The Minister for Defence told the Dáil that many vacant units are in a “very poor state of repair”.
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# army - Thursday 7 December, 2017
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The Taoiseach has said the deal will not affect Ireland’s neutrality but opposition TDs think otherwise.
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# army - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The devices were removed to a military location for further examination.
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# army - Thursday 23 November, 2017
The government has announced an emergency scheme to repair flood damage done to small businesses.
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# army - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
President Robert Mugabe’s decision to fire his vice president has led to political uncertainty.
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# army - Thursday 2 November, 2017
Gardaí are at the scene.
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# army - Saturday 21 October, 2017
The case is included in the Defence Forces Ombudsman annual report for 2016.
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# army - Tuesday 3 October, 2017
Representatives say the government needs to improve pay and conditions to stop people leaving and encourage new recruits to join.
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# army - Thursday 28 September, 2017
Defence Minister Paul Kehoe announced a new Permanent Defence Force general service recruitment competition.
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# army - Friday 22 September, 2017
No one was on the house at the time of the attack and no injuries were reported.
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# army - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
Transgender troops can continue to serve while the Pentagon studies an order by Trump to ban them from US forces.
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# army - Sunday 20 August, 2017
IS jihadists overran Tal Afar in June 2014.
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# army - Monday 14 August, 2017
New Zealand’s government has announced plans to crack down on the country’s worst juvenile offenders.
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# army - Friday 11 August, 2017
An Army Bomb Disposal Team made the device safe.
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# army - Saturday 29 July, 2017
Donald Trump this week said that transgender people would not be able to serve in the US military.
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# army - Thursday 27 July, 2017
The US president said yesterday that the military cannot be ‘burdened’ with the medical costs and ‘disruption’ involved.
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