Due to ‘personnel issues’, 101 days lost so far this year compared to 28 last year
Covid-19 illness and retention crisis curbing crew members and operation of navy vessels
No-one injured in blaze as Naval Service engineers to carry out examination of damage
Defence spending next year will increase by €47.5m to almost €1b
Martin accuses Government of ‘contempt’ towards defence after ‘Irish Times’ report
LÉ Niamh involved in rescue of more than 700 people by EU group on ‘tough day’
Courtmacsherry RNLI lifeboat comes to the aid of men on board sinking vessel
Irish naval vessel joined search and rescue operations in the region earlier this month
Naval Service patrol ship rescues group that includes three pregnant women
Earlier, LÉ Samuel Beckett rescues more than 200 off coast of Libya
Migrants taken from inflatable craft around 50kms north-west of coastal city of Tripoli
Naval Service patrol ship on its first humanitarian tasking in the Mediterranean
Irish patrol ship conducts three search and rescue missions in a day in Mediterranean
We emigrating Irish don’t have to fork out a small fortune to risk our lives on dodgy boats
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