# Irish Naval Service
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This year
2024
shipping news
Documents reveal bill for Ireland's largest naval ship is likely to reach €300m
Previous suggestions had put the cost of the project at €200m but that has now been increased.
23 Jan
25.1k
capital ship
State moves closer to purchase of €200m multi-role ship that will be largest in navy's history
17 Jan
68.5k
Last year
2023
Portugal
Deep dive: On site with Ireland's undersea drone experts for a major military exercise
8 Oct 2023
19.8k
29
Irish sea
Race against time to board suspicious vessel in Irish Sea as storm threatens security operation
Updated
26 Sep 2023
76.0k
12
Irish sea
Security operation underway off Wexford coast as naval service attempt to board stricken trawler
Updated
25 Sep 2023
91.5k
35
THE MORNING LEAD
Fishing boat owners turning to work with drug trafficking gangs to deal with financial pressures
10 Sep 2023
30.4k
75
THE MORNING LEAD
Tánaiste declares Naval Service 'not acceptable' and calls for 'radical' recruitment drive
26 Aug 2023
19.7k
55
irish navy
Irish Naval Service will have just 'two ships full time' to patrol seas for the rest of 2023
23 Aug 2023
19.7k
64
retention crisis
Irish Navy to use crew from tied-up ship to fill gaps while Ireland partakes in Med mission
29 May 2023
16.0k
17
Operation Irini
LÉ William Butler Yeats to be sent to Mediterranean as part of arms embargo on Libya
27 Apr 2023
8.7k
16
Operation Irini
Irish Naval Service to send ship to combat arms smugglers off coast of Libya
5 Apr 2023
14.8k
26
international women's day
Soldier, sailor, technician - the lives of three women in the Irish Defence Forces
8 Mar 2023
17.8k
1
Hot Water
German-registered fishing ship detained in Cork for breaches in Irish waters
15 Feb 2023
9.8k
Mothballed
Two naval ships to be tied up as staffing crisis deepens in Irish Navy
25 Jan 2023
26.7k
19
All time
Hands On Deck
Navy boardings find 10 fishing vessels almost fully crewed by migrant fishers
1 Dec 2022
24.4k
5
Defence retention crisis
Government retention payment scheme for Naval Service personnel to be extended
26 Jul 2022
12.6k
1
Fianóglach
Ireland's special forces: Inside an Irish Army Ranger Wing maritime mission in the Irish Sea
16 Jul 2022
42.4k
Vice Admiral Mark Mellett
Outgoing head of Defence Forces says Government cuts to military have caused 'frustration'
1 Aug 2021
37.6k
31
Ellie Adhamh
Crew of sinking trawler airlifted to safety during 'extremely challenging' rescue operation
28 Mar 2021
39.9k
11
Ellie Adhamh
'Complex' rescue of stricken trawler off Cork underway as Irish Navy tows it to safety
Updated
27 Mar 2021
27.5k
14
LE Eithne
An Irish Naval vessel is heading to the Mediterranean for our seventh migrant rescue mission
23 May 2017
12.4k
87
In the Navy
The lads from the Irish navy made a Movember video, and it's a work of art
20 Nov 2015
4.1k
We bought a boat
Enda Kenny has just ordered a new €54 million boat for the Navy
9 Jun 2014
20.1k
173
2013
Rescues and recovery: A year in the life of Ireland's Naval Service and Air Corps
31 Dec 2013
7.8k
19