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The head of the Irish Defence Forces, Mitchelstown man and Chief of Staff Seán Clancy, is to be nominated by the government for the position of Chair of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC), the highest military body within the EU.

Rotary Ireland confirms its Virtual Conference 2021 will be open to public for free! Dr. Ian Norton says vaccination is a privilege and urges people to counter misinformation about vaccines, particularly on social media Reporter: Wednesday 3 March 2021 9:58 A medical emergency expert has warned that the race is on between the vaccines and the variants of the coronavirus and said its vital the most vulnerable people in society are vaccinated as quickly as possible before these variants begin to...

Analysis: it is more than timely that an independent group examines Irelands Defence Forces, although its remit is not to delve too deeply Buried amidst the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, the Cabinet quietly agreed on December 15th to establish an independent commission on the Defence Forces. This completes a promise from the June programme for government and comes at a time when the role of the Defence Forces in mobilising against the pandemic has been hugely appreciated. Yet fighting diseases is ...