Former Independent TD for the Kildare South Constituency. Medical doctor, former Army Ranger.
Kildare, Ireland
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Rare that a single, isolated platoon would acquire such strategic significance.
Rarer still to win a standoff with a squadron of main battle tanks.
Respect to Callsign 6-52 for standing their ground & holding the Thin Blue Line.
@irishpolbatt @UNIFIL_ @defenceforces
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🇮🇪 has dozens of Javelin anti-tank missiles & hundreds of disposable SRAAWs.
I know some people who need them more than we do right now.
If they lose this battle it’s not the words of their enemy they will remember, but the silence of their friends…
Your thoughts?
@UKRinIRL
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“There is a difference between a comrade and a colleague.
For those who have experienced it, no explanation is necessary.
For those who have not, no explanation is possible…”
@irishpolbatt @defenceforces
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A shout out to all troops fighting floods in Athlone & Clare tonight for €3 an hour before tax. The cross-party support in the Dáil to address your abysmal pay rates must be acted upon. You’ve got our front, so we should have your back... Respect👊@PresidentIRL @kevinboxermoran
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A shout out to our Defence Forces, Gardaí & HSE tonight.
Spent the last year fighting a biological virus.
Tonight they fight a digital one...👊
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All set to vaccinate 220 staff & residents at Clonskeagh Community Hospital this morning:
✅ sufficient vaccine
✅ sufficient staff
✅ IT system up & running
Momentum building now. Coming soon to a town near you...👍😷
@muirtheimhne @paulreiddublin
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One of the two naval ships 🇮🇪 is purchasing from @NZNavy next year should be re-named:
‘The Sean Rooney’.
A fitting tribute to a man who has answered for his courage.
@Aiken_Barracks @irishpolbatt @rtenews
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Not the walk of shame, but the stride of pride. Who’s respect would you rather? That of your crew or that of Donald Trump? That’s one sailor who will never have to buy a pint in a naval base for the rest of his life. Hope to meet him someday. Respect👊 @GCraughwell @TomClonan
Here is Captain Crozier walking away from his ship while sailors chant his name after he was relieved from duty for blowing the whistle on a coronavirus contamination aboard the USS Roosevelt.
He sacrificed himself and it sounds like everyone knows it.
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Taking innocent women & children hostage is unacceptable under any circumstances.
🇮🇪 should suspend financial assistance to 🇵🇸 immediately.
Its resumption should be conditional on the safe return of all hostages.
@IrePalestine @IrlRepRamallah @EmbassyTLV @dfatirl @UNRWA
Irish woman (22) missing after Hamas attacks rave in southern Israel
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And with that. History #ThankYou
#KildareSouth
Outgoing Fianna Fáil TD, Fiona O'Loughlin, has conceded defeat.
Ind. candidate, Dr. Cathal Berry, now claims the 3rd seat; FG's Martin Heydon wins the 2nd (formal declaration awaited)
SF Patricia Ryan and FF Sean O'Fearghail already returned.
#GE2020
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Thank you so so much to everyone who supported and voted - I will not let you down
ELECTED: @BerryCathal Takes the 3rd seat for Kildare South and the 33rd Dáil. Portarlington’s first elected TD in 93 years. Massive congratulations on a well earned, hard fought campaign Cathal. 🎉
#Elected #CathalBerry #Portarlington #KildareSouth #GE2020
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In light of 🇷🇺’s missile attack on 🇺🇦 yesterday, 🇮🇪 should give some of our RBS70 air defence system to 🇺🇦.
A defensive weapon, it would protect civilians by targeting unmanned missiles & drones.
Programme for Gov allows for this.
🇮🇪 can buy a replacement system for itself.
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Good to be vaccinating at the Aviva today. Site of so many great Irish victories.
Even the @AllBlacks were humbled here.
Ideal as a mass vaccination centre cause in medicine as well as sport...
Every. Shoulder. Counts.💉
✅ Hammer England on Saturday
✅ Hammer Covid on Monday
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Map of countries who have closed their airspace to 🇷🇺 aircraft.
🇮🇪 has two options:
1. Advocate for EU wide closure.
2. Unilateral action to cause a domino effect across EU.
Time for 🇮🇪 to show some backbone perhaps?
@UKRinIRL @IAApress @Dept_Transport
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🇮🇪’s Giraffe/RBS 70 Air Defence System could have intercepted that incoming cruise missile.
🇷🇺 missile attacks will cease once their interception is assured.
🇮🇪 should provide an air defence umbrella around one 🇺🇦 city.
It’s a humanitarian role, not a military one.
@dfatirl
Awful Russian missile attack on a residential building in Dnipro city
Half of the building completely destroyed. People under ruins
This is pure terrorism. The world must stop this
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Looking forward to hosting the troops of Post 6-52 in Leinster House after their scheduled return to 🇮🇪 next month.
30 creamy pints awaiting 30 worthy recipients.
Laochra one and all…🫡
@irishpolbatt @NationsIrish independent.co.uk/world/unif…
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Another Russian research/survey vessel taking a particular interest in the west coast of Ireland.
Attracted only by the spectacular scenery along the Wild Atlantic Way of course.
Just a co-incidence that she was also loitering near the Shetland Islands recently…🤔
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Vaccination of residents & staff in nursing homes gets underway today.
Privileged to be part of this national effort; this race against time.
Is the system perfect? No.
Is it working? Yes.
Is it improving? Absolutely.
Coming soon to a town near you...👍
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Irish “thoughts and prayers” didn’t do much good in Bucha.
Hundreds of AT-4 anti-armour rockets in the Curragh approaching the end of their shelf life.
Incredible that we won’t give them to the Ukrainians to protect their civilian population 🤷♂️
@defenceforces @GeraskoLarysa
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Thousands of Irish troops trained in the Curragh before deploying to the Western Front in WW1.
While the trenches survive to this day, many troops would never return.
If walking the Plains this Christmas spare a thought for them as you pass by…
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Just a quick courtesy tweet to let you know that I’ll be standing as an Independent candidate in the next General Election in the Kildare South constituency. Check out cathalberry.ie for more details. See you on the campaign trail!😊 thesun.ie/news/4975124/forme…
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Slovenian field hospital below. Modular, scalable, mobile & easy to co-locate with HSE hospitals to build capacity within 24hrs. The Army even tried to buy one last year. Request denied by DoD. The day of reckoning has come... @SimonHarrisTD @HSELive @LeoVaradkar @roinnslainte
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RAF Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft patrolling our West Coast this afternoon.
As we don’t resource our @defenceforces 🇮🇪 remains a British protectorate, rather than a truly sovereign nation.
Even after all these years.
Hope they send us an invoice for the service provided.
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Welcome news that a resupply convoy got through to Outposts 6-52 & 6-50 on the Blue Line today.
Incredible photo of the hazardous route clearance op that made this possible.
The armoured bulldozer behind is only made of iron, it is the lone scout up front who is made of steel…
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Please help me honour Pte Billy Kedian who gave his all while serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon in 1999.
Glad that today he is getting the recognition he so richly deserves, by being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his selfless actions under fire…
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Good clip from @SkyNews this morning.
🇮🇪 has almost 500 troops (or 10% of its entire army) deployed to the Middle East at all times.
Spread across Lebanon, Syria, Israel and the West Bank, our troops play a vital role in deterring the current conflict from widening further.
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This is what failure looks like.
Only foreign troops & foreign aircraft on the front pages of 🇮🇪 newspapers during a major evacuation operation.
No legal or political impediment to participation. Just the consequences of chronic underinvestment in our own @defenceforces 🤦♂️
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Aer Lingus and the Defence Forces; two iconic brands, synonymous with Ireland, working in complete harmony to deliver PPE to frontline healthcare workers all over the country. Incredible story...👏🏼😊🇮🇪@AerLingus @defenceforces @HSELive @ForSeanad @pdforra @RACO_DF @RDFRepAssoc
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Take the weekend off fellas…👊
Ireland's Army Ranger Wing has returned from Kabul, the Defence Forces says jrnl.ie/5533012t (Pic: @defenceforces)
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Good piece.
🇮🇪 is burning considerable political capital by having the most poorly monitored waters & airspace in 🇪🇺
Mocking our neighbours this week (for reluctantly investing to protect their people), then begging for their security assistance next week is wearing very thin.
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25 years ago 🇮🇪 had 3 military hospitals & dozens of army nurses.
Now we have none of either.
As well as caring for our troops, they could have provided additional capacity & step down options to the HSE this week.
St Bricins Hospital is only down the road from @MaterTrauma 🤷♂️
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Defence Force field hospital deployed on exercise. Were it not for the savage cutbacks of recent years Ireland would still have this capability. 20 years ago we had 3 military hospitals, now we have none. If only someone had listened... 😞@roinnslainte @HSELive @PresidentIRL
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Quality diplomatic work here.
Well done to all involved and best wishes to the Hand family.
@EmbassyTLV @IRLEmbCairo @IrlRepRamallah @dfatirl @defenceforces irishtimes.com/world/middle-…
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Just submitted this Parliamentary Question👇
I reckon three days of data compiling ought to do it:
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1st glimpse of the new ultra-light ARW vehicles in Farmleigh today.
Crucially, 3 cars & crews can fit in the back of the new Airbus C295 freighter when it arrives in 2025.
1st time 🇮🇪 will have air deployable, ground mobility for troops during evacuation & close protection ops.
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Please help me honour Captain Aidan O’Leary who served in @defenceforces for 18 years from 1983 to 2000.
One of the finest soldiers and humanitarians this country has ever produced.
Deepest sympathies to his family and friends on such a devastating loss.
May he rest in peace.
Aidan’s work to end polio saved countless lives and touched even more. His optimism and commitment to helping others made him a leader in the field—and a great friend to everyone who knew him. I'm sending my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time.
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Defence Force Regulations are Statutory Instruments.
Drafted by officials, signed by politicians & imposed on @defenceforces
Sad to see politicians throwing @defenceforces under a bus for obeying the very laws created by politicians.
Where is the political accountability?
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Great pic of the MV Matthew take down.
Hang it in the Louvre.
Because when every second counts, you can count on the Defence Forces…👍
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I very much welcome the arrival of the first of three Airbus C295 aircraft to Baldonnel.
An absolute game changer in respect of what 🇮🇪 can do over the Atlantic, as well as on evacuation operations overseas.
Click on the link below for a full tour:
👉 piped.video/LCJ9GP5O27I
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Good week for @defenceforces
👉Better healthcare for enlisted personnel.
👉Renovation of homes in barracks for military families.
👉3rd Airbus C295 for airlift (first time in history of State)✈️
Proper order too. They have our front- we should have their back…🫡
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🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇦🇹&🇨🇭are actual neutral countries whereas 🇮🇪 is simply defenceless.
The RAF polices our skies, yet Oireachtas consent was neither sought nor received for this.
Time for 🇮🇪 to clarify its “strategic ambiguity”.
@defenceforces @dfatirl @rtenews @EUparliament @SkyNewsBreak
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The strength of 🇮🇪’s military has dropped below 8,000 personnel.
Lowest number in over 50 years, just when they are needed most.
A completely predictable & preventable crewing crisis caused by yet unresolved poor pay & terms of employment🤷♂️
@EU_Commission @Europarl_EN
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Neat graphic showing why so many 🇷🇺 ships & planes off 🇮🇪’s West Coast.
By land, 🇮🇪 is to the rear due to presence of Ukraine, Poland, Germany, France & UK.
But by air & sea, no buffers between 🇮🇪 & 🇷🇺
Bad time to have such a poorly equipped @IrishAirCorps & @naval_service 🤦♂️
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They call it “The Long Walk”.
While everyone else runs away, the Army walks slowly towards another viable bomb to dismantle it.
Ireland’s most hazardous occupation;
Ireland’s most trusted public servants...👊
#TheBestofUs
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Once again Irish citizens are currently stranded overseas with no autonomous means to extract them.
Ireland is in desperate need of its own sovereign capability to reach its own people in times of great crisis.
@defenceforces @dfatirl @ConorGallaghe_r @GCraughwell @rte
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Gov has some work to do this week to repair its damaged relationship with @defenceforces
A start would be to accept its share of blame for recent events.
No full-time minister, no powers to jun minister, statutory instruments obsolete, dismantled reporting structures etc…🤦♂️
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I took this photo in 2006 from LE Eithne’s heli-deck while on the Navy’s annual week-long ex. (An 8th ship was in Beirut at the time).
This year’s ex could only muster 1 ship & ended after 24hrs.
Our Navy is on the cusp of collapse as Russian warships patrol off our coast…🤦♂️
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🇮🇪 had no difficulty accepting hundreds of weapons from Germany on the Asgard during our strike for freedom.
Rather duplicitous of us now to deny the Ukrainians the same don’t you think?
We also gave LE Aoife to Malta for free in 2015 & periodically sell surplus ammo abroad🤔
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Great to see Fr Murphy discharged from hospital.
As more details emerge, it’s clear that the performance of the troops on duty that night was a case study in sound judgment & composure under pressure.
We should always recognise excellence when we see it. irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/…
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A big shout out to Army & HSE staff currently running the Covid testing facility at the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge. Moving to the larger drive-through Punchestown Racecourse site on Monday afternoon to increase capacity👍@paulreiddublin @ronan_glynn @goc_dftc @KeadeenHotel
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A mere 3 years ago it would have been unthinkable for an 🇮🇪 Defence Minister to call for the re-establishment of 🇮🇪’s air policing service, while simultaneously opening a €4.3m beautifully restored building as Cadet School HQ.
Gratitude to all who made the impossible possible👍
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“Asset stripping of the Defence Forces must stop!”
My response to Minister Ryan’s tweet from yesterday evening.👇
@defenceforces
A good day for Dublin--I've been campaigning for years for the Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines to be used for public and affordable housing. A feasibility study will now take place to bring 1,000 high quality homes to the area.
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Remember when 🇮🇪 could put 9 naval ships to sea instead of just 2?
No significant drug seizures at sea for almost a decade due primarily to crewing crisis in @naval_service
Consequences felt in every town & village.
🇮🇪 still soft on organised crime.
No sailors = no seizures.
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Spot on as usual from @PatLeahyIT in today’s @IrishTimes
Remember when Europe warned 🇮🇪 of the financial risk accumulating in our banking sector?
But we of course knew better.
Europe is saying precisely the same about 🇮🇪’s Defence sector.
But we of course know better…
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Well that’s a wrap.
As the sun sets on the 33rd Dáil my deepest appreciation to everyone who offered so much support, encouragement and wise counsel over the last five years.
You know who you are and how grateful I am for your assistance.
Thank you.
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The success of an operation is largely determined long before it takes place.
Training footage from Wicklow in 2009.
The perfect hover with a second heli sniper overwatch.
Hard to fail when inserted like this…
@No3OpsWing @WingAssociation @IrishAirCorps @defenceforces
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Thanks to @MiriamOCal on @RTE_PrimeTime for advocating for troops who may be deployed @DublinAirport for less than the National Minimum Wage of €10.50 per hour.
Ironic that military families now have to cancel their summer holidays, so that other families can go on theirs…🤦♂️
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If @Ryanair wants to reduce security delays at @DublinAirport why don’t they volunteer 250 of their own 15,000 staff for weekend work.
The @defenceforces have been decimated by successive governments & can’t even meet their own operational commitments.
Where to next…Tescos?🤷♂️
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🇮🇪 is not just a weak link in terms of maritime security, it is the weakest link.
@naval_service is short 3 ships & 300 crew. It has no sub-surface capability to monitor, intervene or deter.
🇮🇪 doesn’t even have a National Security Stategy.
This must be fixed urgently…🤦♂️
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Just another dictator about to be toppled.
Perhaps a warning from across the Pond on the preciousness of our own democracy. Despite all its imperfections, we have always had a peaceful transition of power.
So beware the dangers of extremism for it has no vaccine...
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Another uplifting day in Punchestown where hundreds of teenagers attended the walk-in clinic.
Our vaccination programme is now the envy of the world.
A glimpse of what our health service could look like if given adequate investment, staffing & resources.
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If you are looking for a reason why a standalone 🇮🇪 Defence minister is so badly needed then look no further than this.
What a complete shambles…🤦♂️
@KubiliusA @EU_Commission @Europarl_EN @defenceforces irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/…
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Great story. Amazing what can be achieved when we focus on the merits of an idea rather than its source. Well done both men. More of this please...👊@JackHoJo @EOBroin @davidhall75 @MurphyEoghan @GCraughwell irishtimes.com/news/ireland/…
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No requirement for civil servants to report criminal convictions until proceedings have ended👇
No requirement on Civil Service managers/depts to maintain records of all convictions.
So @defenceforces way ahead tracking all court cases & maintaining records of all convictions.
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I lived in Cathal Brugha Bks. It’s already used for housing!🤷♂️
Knocking these historic buildings would be like bulldozing Trinity College to build a block of flats.
Cultural & historical vandalism on an industrial scale.
#SaveOurBarracks irishtimes.com/news/ireland/…
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The ability to police one’s own territory, waters & airspace is a basic function of any state.
Even the monks built round towers to protect themselves from the vikings- & they were pacifists.
🇮🇪’s not neutral; just defenceless…
@PatLeahyIT irishtimes.com/opinion/evolu…
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Significant political support for Ukraine in the French Senate chamber today at a meeting of EU Defence Committee parliamentarians.
Expelling Russia from the Swift payments system is absolutely necessary now & needs to happen as soon as possible.
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Outnumbered & outgunned, but not outfoxed nor outperformed.
“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters; just the size of the fight in the dog.”
The same valour shown by those who earned medals, must now be matched by others to award them🎖
#8b4its2late #jadotville
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Absolutely disgraceful headline from @Independent_ie
The direct consequences, no doubt, of highly inflammatory and irresponsible commentary from people who should know better.
@CNaM_ie @SIPOCIreland
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Important to recognise excellence when we encounter it.
Only in the right hands can a single instrument silence thousands of people & a capital’s main thoroughfare.
A lone piper’s lament. Serious talent & an incredible performance.
Yet another masterclass from Sgt Joe Meade👏🏼
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Nobody from 🇮🇪 sent to help Greece while it burned:
Not a single🚁
Not a single👨🚒
Not even for a week.
Yet now we expect others to evacuate our people from Kabul?
We must upgrade our emergency response capability.
@defenceforces @CharlieFlanagan @DarraghOBrienTD @rte
📷 See our latest photo album: Fighting forest fires in Greece - #EUsolidarity in action.
Click 👉 europa.eu/!3KYNuQ
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Secret Anglo-Irish air defence agreement dates back over 70 years.
Not neutral so, just defenceless.
The inevitable result of decades of underinvestment in our armed forces.
@GCraughwell @defenceforces @EUparliament irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/…
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I am so grateful for the outpouring of support & messages. #ThankYou to all who voted, supported & campaigned. I have always believed that to serve your country is the highest form of citizenship. I am committed to serving you & I will work tirelessly on your behalf #KildareSouth
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🇮🇪 has hundreds of these AT-4 anti-tank rockets approaching their use by date in the Curragh.
We should return them to Bofors (the manufacturer in Sweden) & they can decide what to do with them.
@GeraskoLarysa @SweMFA @PLinIreland @dfatirl @rtenews @defenceforces @GCraughwell
THANK SWEDEN: The AT-4 is the most common anti-tank weapon in NATO service. Though unguided, it is a highly portable, accurate and capable weapon. Sweden has provided 5,000 of these one-shot tank killers to the Ukrainian armed forces.
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Here we go again…
✈️ 🇮🇪?
@dfatirl @IrishAirCorps @defenceforces @RTENewsPaulC @NiallJournal_ie @GCraughwell @ConorGallaghe_r @irishexaminer
BREAKING:
Poland announces that it's starting to evacuate its citizens from Israel.
The Polish Air Force will send 3 C-130H Hercules transport planes for the operation.
Poland will also help evacuate other EU citizens, and foreigners who want to leave the country.
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Let’s not forget to enjoy our National Day tomorrow folks (especially if you are away from home). We don’t need a parade to celebrate who we are. Having already banished the snakes, we will in time banish Covid-19 too... Misneach agus dóchas💪🇮🇪@PresidentIRL
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Grim reading.
We now have foreign warships protecting our waters (and foreign aircraft protecting our skies).
We fought so hard to earn our independence, yet care so little about protecting it...🤷♂️
@GCraughwell @defenceforces irishtimes.com/news/ireland/…
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Iconic photo of Lt Gen Earley addressing ARW prior to Chad deployment in 2008.
Looked every man in the eye & told them precisely what he expected of them.
What a privilege to be in that room to witness such a masterclass.
RIP Dermot.
“Better to be revered than to be feared.”
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🇷🇺 drones & missiles are inanimate objects.
You can’t have a lethal effect on something that’s not alive.
🇮🇪 should categorise air defence technology as non-lethal aid & use money already pledged to 🇺🇦 to buy it.
Not giving air defence to 🇺🇦 is what is having a lethal effect👇
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Well said @PatLeahyIT
Incredible that the ability to police our own land mass, airspace & territorial waters is somehow regarded as controversial.
Other countries, (especially neutral ones), just regard this as a basic function & obligation of a nation state🤷♂️
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Historically, 🇮🇪 could turn to @defenceforces in times of great crisis.
But not his time.
Chronic underfunding has led to vacant military wards & homes during a national Health & Housing crisis🤷♂️
Funding desperately needed to turn this ship around.
We are better than this.
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Quality arms drill and turnout from @6_Inf_Bn just now at the annual 1916 Commemoration in Arbour Hill.
@defenceforces currently recruiting for their high performance team:
👉 military.ie/en/careers/curre…
Good luck to all applicants👍
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This is pretty grim reading👇
In 2010 🇮🇪 requested a financial bailout.
In 2025, it appears we are now requesting a Defence bailout.
Not sure how 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺 taxpayers will feel about protecting 🇮🇪’s back yard, because we choose not to.
@KubiliusA @defenceforces @irishexaminer
🇪🇺first defence commissioner is drawing up plans to protect vital transatlantic undersea cables & following a warning that 🇮🇪 does NOT have the resources to adequately protect them, he has been asked into talks to draft in 🇪🇺 & 🇬🇧 navies to help do the job irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
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“Late-stage Withdrawal from Blacksod Ceremony after Department Intervention”.
An act of profound disrespect to D-Day veterans & their families.
And further evidence, (if any more were needed), of the extreme level of micro-management our @defenceforces are subjected to👇
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Difficult to see how 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷 will continue to task their fighter jets to shoot down incoming projectiles targeting 🇮🇱, while the IDF simultaneously & deliberately target 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷 UNIFIL troops on the ground in Lebanon.
@DavidLammy @FCDOGovUK @jnbarrot @francediplo @UNIFIL_ @UN
A joint statement by 34 UNIFIL-contributing countries, initiated by 🇵🇱, urges to protect @UNIFIL_ peacekeepers.
We condemn recent incidents, call to respect UNIFIL's mission & ensure the safety of its personnel.
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The National Colours being raised on Government Buildings 15 mins ago. Armed troops guard the Leinster House campus every hour of every day safeguarding our democracy @GCraughwell @ConorGallaghe_r @defenceforces @WPDF_2017 @TomClonan
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Great to see the new Cadet School HQ in the Curragh nearly completed.
A €4.3m refurbishment. Much more desperately needed.
Hopefully the instructor staff can soon move out of the shipping containers on the parade square & into this new facility.
Well done to all involved👏🏼👏🏼
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Unacceptable that Russia will conduct live fire drills so close to Irish coast & within our Exclusive Economic Area.
Should be allocated a different location further out to sea & away from our shipping lanes, flight paths & underwater internet cables.
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Hard to believe two years have passed since 🇷🇺 tanks rolled into Ukraine.
Kyiv still under regular attack by unmanned missiles & drones.
Money already pledged by 🇮🇪 should also be used to purchase air defence technology to protect the city’s population.
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A shout out to all members of An Garda Síochána, both serving & retired, regular & reserve.
Time we had a national Garda museum to mark your centenary & tell your story in order to inspire future generations 👍
@gardainfo @GardaTraffic @TomClonan
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Early days yet but sounds like the Defence Forces finally have a serious national politician hell bent on fixing this crisis. Hope rekindled...💪@ingridmileyRTE @simoncoveney @morningireland @ConorGallaghe_r irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
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Good read.
👉 🇮🇪 has no National Security Strategy or National Security Advisor.
👉 Head of National Security Analysis Centre is a part time role.
👉 Minister for Defence is a part-time role.
👉 Minister for State at Dept of Defence given no role in Defence.
I rest my case.
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3 underwater gas pipes, 1 underwater electricity inter-connector & numerous data cables are the umbilical cords physically connecting 🇮🇪 to the rest of the world.
These umbilical cords are also our Achilles heels.
So why does 🇮🇪 need a Navy? See video below…👇
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