Around 300 Irish soldiers will deploy on the last-ever Unifil rotation this month, closing almost five decades of service in south Lebanon. The bigger question now is whether Ireland should join a new EU mission without a UN mandate.
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€21bn on the table: Government eyes EU defence loans a year after Donohoe blocked Ireland’s €100m bid
Brussels has invited EU states to bid for about €21bn left over from its SAFE defence loan scheme. Ireland, which passed on the first round after a Department of Finance veto, is now weighing a second look.
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UN pulls the plug on Western Sahara after 35 years as Russia’s veto sinks Trump team’s plan – the desert mission where Irish officers served for three decades
A Russian veto and a failed rival vote have killed off the UN's peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, one Irish Defence Forces officers helped staff from 1991 to 2021.