# irish-troops - Sunday 14 July, 2019
President Higgins laid a wreath on behalf of the people of Ireland at a ceremony in Collins Barracks.
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# irish-troops - 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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# irish-troops - Friday 22 December, 2017
This Christmas some 580 troops will be serving overseas.
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# irish-troops - Sunday 26 June, 2016
Security expert Tom Clonan writes that a referendum on Northern Ireland may lead to sectarian tensions in the six counties.
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# irish-troops - Monday 4 May, 2015
The two soldiers were evacuated to Israel for medical care.
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# irish-troops - Saturday 15 November, 2014
A decision has yet to be made on any further deployment.
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# irish-troops - Thursday 28 August, 2014
But they’re safe at the moment.
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# irish-troops - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
The Department of Defence said that any decision to send Irish troops to CAR would be a decision “made by government ultimately”.
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# irish-troops - Sunday 15 December, 2013
The Minister for Defence said we must accept we are putting troops in harm’s way when we deploy them to these types of operations.
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# irish-troops - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
Troops came under fire last week while travelling in a UN convoy.
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# irish-troops - Thursday 28 November, 2013
An estimated 36 Irish troops were on patrol when their convoy was hit but none sustained any serious injuries.
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# irish-troops - Wednesday 6 November, 2013
A spokesperson for the Defence Forces said all 39 of the Irish troops involved returned to their base camp “safe and sound”.
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# irish-troops - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
Everyone’s talking about Enda Kenny promising to act on Priory Hall and the death of Ariel Castro.
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5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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# irish-troops - Tuesday 3 September, 2013
More than two million people have become refugees since the start of the conflict in March 2011.
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The 115 members of the 43rd Infantary Group were reviewed by Minister Alan Shatter before gathering with their families ahead of the first deployment tomorrow.
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# irish-troops - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Irish troops will go to Mali next month, where approximately 375,000 people have been displaced due to internal conflict. The immense humanitarian fallout of the situation must not be overlooked, writes Emilia Sorrentino.
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# irish-troops - Friday 12 October, 2012
Irish soldiers are undergoing the final phases of an intensive training exercise in preparation for their deployment to Lebanon.
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# irish-troops - Friday 15 June, 2012
Simultaneous commemorations being held around the country on 8 July.
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# irish-troops - Thursday 17 May, 2012
A replacement battalion has already been deployed to continue Ireland’s involvement in the UNIFIL operation.
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# irish-troops - Friday 9 December, 2011
The Defence Forces say that no Irish peacekeepers were injured in the blast.
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