A group of eight Irish and British soldiers will begin work on the ground in African war zone Mali this week, as part of a military training mission.

The British military has put out a warning to its Irish troops over a threat made against their lives by the Continuity IRA (CIRA).

Allegiance, the new Iraq war military drama starring Aidan Quinn, is the hard hitting debut feature by Irish American director Mike Connors and producers Sean Mullin, John Boyle and John O'Neil. Cahir O'Doherty talks to Connors and Quinn about the film’s controversial theme -- what happens when a soldier is forced to choose between his loyalties to a deserting soldier, his unit and his fiancée?

Incoming Dublin boss Jim Gavin will look to his military background in his new role with the Leinster champions.

Senior Sinn Fein spokespersons have dismissed calls for an apology from the IRA for its many victims during the Troubles because the Provos are now disbanded.

Country singer and dedicated patriot Tim McGraw will be providing an invaluable gift to 25 military families this summer. As every stop of his ‘Brothers of the Sun’ summer tour, McGraw will be donating a new and mortgage-free house to a family of disabled or needy military person.

Derry authorities have said that the bomb, discovered under a car at the family home of a Catholic police officer, had been lit.

An aircraft used to transport US troops has been damaged in the latest security breach at Shannon airport in Ireland.

American war veterans from the group Veterans for Peace, along with several Irish campaigners, petitioned for peace at a protest held in Shannon on Sunday.

Ireland’s National Day of Commemoration was celebrated yesterday, July 10th, at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Co. Dublin. Led by President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Enda Kenny, there were approximately 1,000 people in attendance, encompassing retired military personnel and the families of those who had died in combat.

Outgoing Fianna Fail TD for Cork, Ned O'Keefe, has warned of a "real possibility" of a military coup in Ireland, just like those seen in recent weeks across the Arab world.

 A sensational war of words has erupted between two rival Irish European Union politicians, with one accusing the other of being a “puppet of the U.S military.”