Electronic components from Irish companies are being shipped to Russia in vast quantities where they are often fitted to “kamikaze drones” for use against civilian targets in Ukraine, an Irish Times investigation has found. This is despite EU export bans ... See more
The signal receiver made by the Irish company Taoglas is tiny, cheap and almost weightless. It is a mass-produced ceramic antenna designed to be fitted to a circuit board which allows it to receive GPS signals. The chip is not very advanced and has long b... See more
Proposals by Minister for Defence Helen McEntee for Defence Forces personnel to board sanctioned Russian vessels are “unacceptable” and would amount to “piracy”, Moscow’s ambassador to Ireland has said. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland on Tuesday, McEnte... See more
In 1990, Northern Ireland secretary Peter Brooke announced, in what became known as the Whitbread speech, that Britain held “no selfish strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland”. It was a landmark moment in the embryonic peace process, one which... See more
US aircraft used by the Trump administration to carry out secretive deportation operations to Africa and the Middle East have landed in Shannon Airport on 10 occasions in the last year. The refuelling stops in Ireland occurred during five separate deporta... See more
