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Proposed new legislation will make it illegal for anyone but the Defence Forces to call themselves Óglaigh na hÉireann.
Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne is calling for the title to be legally protected to prevent dissidents or political organisations from using it.
The name was first used by the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and later by the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.
The Provisional IRA also co-opted the name during the Troubles and Senator Byrne told Newstalk Breakfast this morning that it now needs to be protected to ensure it only refers to the men and women of the Defence Forces that “serve us bravely in uniform.”