The Naval Service is set to outsource the vast majority of ship maintenance to civilian contractors, the latest in a series of moves to privatise what were once core capabilities of the Defence Forces ...
As John Mooney of The Sunday Times reports, data for 2025 indicates that a total of 92 sanctioned ships associated with Russia’s “shadow fleet” made passage through Ireland's exclusive economic zone.
The Irish Defence Forces confirmed the incident and said it happened during Storm Chandra.
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, towards Foynes ...
The Irish Defence Forces describe the ship as a truly state-of-the-art ship. LÉ Samuel Beckett is built and fitted out to the highest international standards in terms of safety, equipment, ...