# Naval Service
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This year
2024
Clare coast
Coast Guard and Naval Service watch over Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker off the west coast
The ship was spotted off the Clare and Galway coasts and maritime industry sources said it was believed she was sheltering from bad weather in the Atlantic.
12 Feb
27.1k
A few groomed men
Gone today, hair tomorrow: Irish Defence Forces to allow members to grow beards
30 Jan
17.0k
Last year
2023
retention crisis fix
Broad welcome from military officers as minister announces increase in sea pay for Navy
15 Nov 2023
10.6k
Naval Service
Former Naval instructor receives probation bond for sexually assaulting recruit
30 May 2023
11.1k
THE MORNING LEAD
Undersea cables like those off Irish coast could have beefed up security under new EU naval plan
16 Mar 2023
17.7k
21
All time
Defence
Action on pay imperative if Govt serious about overhauling Defence Forces, PDFORRA insists
Updated
5 Oct 2022
14.7k
6
Defence crisis
Naval Service staffing crisis deepens as critical engineers leave for better pay on cruise ships
28 Jun 2022
30.9k
25
Fishing
Spanish fishing vessel to be handed over to gardaí after being seized by Naval Service
27 Aug 2021
20.0k
12
lé william butler yeats
Irish Navy detains French vessel off Cork coast over alleged fishing breaches
21 Aug 2021
18.5k
18
Navy
Pop up recruitment centre in Dublin tomorrow for Naval Service to find 200 recruits so ships can go to sea
25 Jun 2021
41.7k
49
Cobh
Spanish trawler captain to appear in Cork court following Naval Service detention
3 Jun 2021
18.8k
lé william butler yeats
French fishing vessel detained by Naval Service off Cork coast
19 Oct 2020
46.4k
26
lé william butler yeats
German fishing boat detained by Naval Service off Donegal coast
17 Jul 2020
27.9k
38
lé william butler yeats
Irish Naval Service detains Spanish boat off Valentia Island for alleged fishing law breaches
16 Nov 2019
17.3k
16
on the defensive
Explainer: The minister, the understaffed Naval Service and the 'young fellas caught up in the middle'
13 Jul 2019
21.7k
28
Defence Forces
Irish Naval sailors forced to sleep on ships due to lack of accommodation, TDs told
28 Jun 2019
24.0k
73
Naval Service
Ireland's fourth offshore patrol vessel, the LÉ George Bernard Shaw, has been officially commissioned
30 Apr 2019
28.9k
79
Job hunt
Looking for a job? Ireland's Naval Service has launched a new recruitment campaign
28 Dec 2018
34.7k
40
military hardware
Controversy as Irish naval ship attends world's largest arms fair in London
13 Sep 2017
26.2k
84
Naval Service
Taoiseach wants Ireland to introduce a Navy hospital ship for global emergencies
18 Oct 2016
16.3k
103
Refugees
Defence Forces staff set to stay on duty in Mediterranean until November
2 Sep 2015
14.0k
101
racing clouds
This timelapse video of the LÉ Samuel Beckett heading to dry-dock is strangely hypnotic
8 Mar 2015
17.5k
13
We want you
Got what it takes? The Irish Naval Service is looking for 80 new recruits
7 Mar 2015
20.1k
56
We bought a boat
Enda Kenny has just ordered a new €54 million boat for the Navy
9 Jun 2014
20.1k
173
Donegal
Authorities investigate potential fish discarding aboard 14,000 tonne Dutch vessel
23 Nov 2013
13.0k