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Росія спустила на воду нове судно для розвідки підводної інфраструктури Росія спустила на воду нове дослідне океанографічне судно «Вице-адмирал Буриличев», яке призначене для розвідки підводних комунікацій

🇷🇺 launches new, state-of-the-art oceanographic vessel “Vice Admiral Burilichev” Project 22011

🚨 Intended for reconnaissance of underwater communications

⚠️An extensive section of this article details the actions of 🇷🇺YANTAR in 🇮🇪 waters during 2024

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'It was apparent that we were in hot pursuit': The inside story of the raid on the MV Matthew In this piece, we’ll hear for the first time publicly from three key players involved in the military side of the multi-agency response.

✅In this piece, we'll hear for the first time publicly from 3 key players involved in the military operation

🟢Captain of LÉ William Butler Yeats

🟢senior officer from Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

🟢Air Corps pilot who flew above the ship to allow ARW board

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Defence Forces monitor Russian vessel off Irish coast The Irish Defence Forces monitored a Russian cargo ship off the Irish coast yesterday.

⚠️The Irish Defence Forces monitored a 🇷🇺 cargo ship off 🇮🇪 coast yesterday

The 'BARENTS' made its way through the Celtic Sea & sailed north into the Irish Sea overnight, passing over undersea infrastructure, with its transponder OFF

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Medics swap stethoscopes for assault rifles as they learn to survive to save lives Competitors battling it out for the title of Best Military Medical Team now have to display battlefield skills as well as medical ones

🏆🇮🇪 2024 Irish Defence Forces winners pulled off the feat yet again this year in 🇬🇧 at 2025 Arduous Serpent

See footage of 🇮🇪 contingent at 7:30mins in, under command of Lt. Shane Curran from Co.Kildare👇

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Precisely

How prepared is Ireland for the knock-on effects of a future war? As European states rearm in the face of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, years of neglect and underfunding have left Ireland’s military woefully underprepared

⚠️There is no single scenario for the outbreak of war in Europe but..

..it could involve an attack on a weak state such as 🇮🇪, whose isolated location on 🇪🇺 western border in the N.Atlantic makes it vulnerable

🚨Neutral countries have no protection in war

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Mark Mellett former Defence Forces Chief of Staff with life long competency,consistently debunks the unhinged & conspiratorial nonsense from Mark Price,Co-Chair of the Irish Anti War Movement & founding member of the Irish Neutrality League

✅Essential listening

link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGJVHvq2gvig

Ireland set to join EU scheme on defence systems The Tánaiste is expected to announce plans that will enable Ireland to acquire defence systems more speedily when he signs up to an EU instrument called Security Action for Europe, or SAFE.

Harris “determined to bring🇮🇪in line with other similar sized Euro countries” re defence capabilities

🇮🇪
➡️3rd largest island in Europe
➡️ranked 20th largest island in🌍
➡️maritime area 7x size of its landmass
➡️7,500km coastline, longer than most🇪🇺states
➡️ wealthier than most

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Going pretty much as predicted. While the rest of Europe equips for war, we equip for Narnia (a fantasy world that never existed).

The political body is waiting for something to happen before they act, hoping it will never happen so they can spend resources elsewhere on popular projects.

✅ using its membership of SAFE,
🇮🇪can partner with other countries to reduce waiting times & costs regarding much needed purchase of artillery/cyber/air defence systems & replace its aging Mowag fleet

Other projects incl ammunition,artillery, ground combat capabilities & drones

Ireland backs €150bn defence plan as EU moves to rearm Government believes joining will allow Ireland to secure military equipment at lower cost and faster pace

✅ Ireland is to sign up to a major new EU defence initiative that will allow member states to jointly procure military equipment as the bloc seeks to rapidly rearm in the face of Russian aggression.
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Ireland's defence spending is labelled a 'bad joke' Tánaiste to sign up to EU defence procurement system

🚨 Ireland’s continuing low level of defence expenditure — stuck at 0.2% of GDP — has been described as a “bad joke” just a day after EU partners in Nato agreed to boost their target spend from 2% to 3.5% of GDP.

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

As global tensions rise are we secure here in Ireland?

This is how we should be discussing defence matters, listening to subject matter experts & an avoidance of hard leaning ideological political nonsense

✅Highly recommended listening

link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGOWjLC0rUeF

Agreed

It’s scheduled for later in the year

Govt concerned UNIFIL's Lebanon mandate won't be renewed There is mounting concern in Government that the United Nation's peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon may not have its mandate renewed in August.

⚠️ Should UNIFIL mandate NOT be renewed in August, an interim ‘new’ peacekeeping force, made from existing contributing nations is expected to be requested by 🇱🇧 (WITHOUT 🇺🇳 mandates)

However 🇮🇪 CANNOT transitions to any new proposed peacekeeping force due to the TRIPLE LOCK

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Ireland signs deal with French company for sonar to detect submarines and monitor undersea cables The towed array sonar will be manufactured by Thales DMS and will be a device which is dragged behind naval ships and monitors what is below the surface.

🇮🇪 has signed a multi-million euro deal with French company Thales DMS for sonar for the Irish Naval Service which will be able to detect submerged submarines and help to protect subsea cables.

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EU Minister: Europe's security fears are 'new Brexit' as Ireland must be pragmatic on defence Thomas Byrne, was speaking at an event in Dublin hosted by the Irish Institute of International and European Affairs.

“It is perhaps a telling reflection of the changed world we live in today, that ‘Brexit’ no longer forms part of our daily lexicon, and that my Ministerial role now combines European Affairs with Defence”

“It seems that security is, in effect, the new ‘Brexit”

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Lines of Danger: Russia, Ireland, and Europe's Undersea Frontline | The Dark State Get more from The Dark State on Patreon

🇬🇧will likely identify 🇮🇪 as a significant risk in its Strategic Defence Review shortly

As Europe is expected to experience a decade of hybrid activity from 🇷🇺, Moscow has likely sent sabotage teams to 🇮🇪already to make plans

Listen to what’s expected here👇

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Pilot: Having a modern and well-equipped air force is now a necessity for Ireland Retired officer Kevin Phipps examines the government’s plans to beef up the Irish Air Corps and asks if they can really do it right this time.

Having a modern and well-equipped air force is now a necessity for Ireland

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Government publishes legislation to remove Triple Lock Legislation that will remove the requirement for UN approval when deploying members of the Defence Forces outside the State has been published.

Legislation that will remove requirement for 🇺🇳 approval when deploying The Defence Forces has been published

✅Deployments will operate for the purposes of peacekeeping, conflict prevention & strengthening international security consistent with principles of the 🇺🇳 Charter

www.rte.ie/news/2025/05...

🇷🇺in 🇮🇪EEZ raising concerns about HYBRID ATTACKS

🇷🇺sent agents to🇮🇪to prepare

🇮🇪Maritime Domain likely to become flashpoint

🇷🇺has sensors off🇮🇪coast

🇮🇪🇬🇧check infrastructure for explosives

🇷🇺ships arriving to🇮🇪ports empty,carry out surveillance

🇷🇺sonar washing up in🇮🇪

🇷🇺presence in 🇮🇪EEZ has raised concerns about possibilities of a hybrid attack on 🇮🇪infrastructure

🚨 “There is also credible intelligence that 🇷🇺 has sent agents into the state to map the landing points of subsea cables, with a view to damaging them.”

Ireland buys sonar detector to tackle Russian submarine threat Simon Harris vows to boost defences against spy ships and hybrid attacks

✅ The €60 million deal, due to be announced shortly will involve the purchase of Sonar equipment and the cost of training military personnel to use it to counteract 🇷🇺 shadow fleet of spy ships

www.thetimes.com/article/7aa2...

Defence Forces get locked in to defending nation of Berylia in cyberwarfare game Another AI-generated image shows a selection of media visiting the war’s frontlines as guests of the Berylian administration, which is on a charm offensive as part of its ambitions to join the EU

✅ This is 🇮🇪 second time to participate in the exercise, following on from 2024.

This year, 🇮🇪 forms Blue Team 17 along with personnel from the US, Bulgaria, and Greece.

Some 30 countries are participating this year, with the exercise run on Estonian time

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Tri-national Military Exercise in Austrian Allentsteig with Almost 1,000 Swiss Soldiers The multinational military exercise “TRIAS25” began at the Allentsteig military training area in Lower Austria. Around 1,300 soldiers from Switzerland, Germany,…

NEUTRAL Austria has planned for a total of 33 exercises and training measures abroad this year

This month it is hosting troops from 🇩🇪& Neutral🇨🇭in a major exercise

All three participating nations consider the threat from 🇷🇺 to be very real

www.vindobona.org/article/tri-...

Why the Swiss army is training for an emergency in Austria The Swiss army is practising recapturing terrain with the Austrians and Germans. Russia is keeping a close eye on things.

🚨 In the largest foreign exercise involving ground troops in 30 years, the🇨🇭army is practising recapturing land with 🇦🇹 and 🇩🇪soldiers.

The fictitious scenario comes at a time of geopolitical uncertainty – and is being closely watched by 🇷🇺

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Swiss defence minister reaffirms military cooperation with neighbours On his first trip abroad in government, Defence Minister Martin Pfister visited the Swiss troops taking part in a major exercise in Austria.

NEUTRAL🇨🇭defence minister reaffirms importance of military cooperation with neighbours as Army participate in major exercise with 🇦🇹&🇩🇪

The Swiss Armed Forces cannot solve many issues autonomously.
That is why it is important to practise interoperability

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Cormac O'Keeffe: Ireland is unprepared for extremist threat Horrific attack on chaplain Fr Paul Murphy raises questions over whether Ireland’s counterterrorism and wider security infrastructure is sufficiently resourced to respond to violent extremism

Horrific attack on chaplain Fr Paul Murphy raises questions over whether Ireland’s counterterrorism and wider security infrastructure is sufficiently resourced to respond to violent extremism

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The 34th Dáil is finally set to get to work. But what’s on the agenda? Government is already facing a brewing political row over mooted salary for ‘housing tsar’

Items included in the legislative programme include a defence Bill on the deployment of peacekeepers – ie the bid to scrap the “triple lock”

✅ A positive step forward

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