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Tánaiste Welcomes Largest Recruit Intake to Defence Forces
Tánaiste welcomes largest recruit intake to Defence Forces’ Joint Induction Training Centre in ...

Recruits start training across all three services of the Defence Forces – Army, Air Corps or Naval ...

Featured stories

  • Tánaiste officially opens new Cadet School HQ at the Defence Forces Training Centre
    Tánaiste officially opens new Cadet School HQ at the Defence Forces Training Centre

    The new Cadet School Headquarters will provide the Defence Forces with a permanent facility to support ...

  • Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin welcomes the publication of the Strategic Framework Update Report
    Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin welcomes the publication of the Strategic Framework ...

    The priority of this transformation is cultural change above all else

  • Tánaiste signs new regulations to enhance the resilience of the operators of essential services in the State
    Tánaiste signs new regulations to enhance the resilience of the operators of essential services in the ...

    These new regulations will focus on improving the physical resilience of the operators of essential ...

Publications

  • 2025 Ministerial Brief

    27 January 2025

  • Report on the Gender Pay Gap in the Defence Organisation 2024

    23 December 2024

  • Curragh Plains - Interpretation, Branding and Wayfaring Strategy

    17 December 2024

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Press releases

  • Tánaiste welcomes largest recruit intake to Defence Forces’ Joint Induction Training Centre in ...

    19 March 2025

  • Tánaiste chairs key meeting of Government Task Force on Emergency Planning

    11 March 2025

  • Tánaiste honours young Irish soldier killed in battle in Lebanon

    8 March 2025

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Speeches

  • Speech by Tánaiste at the opening of the new Cadet School Headquarters and Transport Storage Facility, ...

    4 March 2025

  • Address by the Secretary General at Civil Defence Officers Association Dinner

    7 November 2024

  • Speech by the Tánaiste at Ministerial Review of the 125th Infantry Battalion - 31 October 2024

    31 October 2024

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Policies

  • Defence
  • Defence Policy Review
  • High-level goal at the Department of Defence

Ministers

  • Image:Simon Harris
    Simon Harris

    Tánaiste,  Minister for Defence,  Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Image:Thomas Byrne
    Thomas Byrne

    Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs and Defence

Senior management

  • Jacqui McCrum

    Secretary General of the Department of Defence

  • Aileen Nolan

    Assistant Secretary Corporate Affairs

  • Bernie Maguire

    Assistant Secretary, Defence & Security Policy

  • Eamonn Murtagh

    Assistant Secretary for Strategic Change & Capability Development

  • Jason Kearney

    Director of Emergency, Operations and Infrastructure Oversight

  • Stephen Hall

    Acting Assistant Secretary, IRG Implementation Division

  • Clare Tiernan

    Assistant Secretary, Defence Capability People Policy

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Contacts

Head Office

Address:
Department of Defence, Station Road, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, W12 AD93
Website:
www.gov.ie/defence
Email:
info@defence.ie
Phone number:
045 492000

Department of Defence (Trinity Point, Dublin 2)

Address:
Trinity Point, 10/11 Leinster Street South, Dublin 2, Dublin, D02 EF85
Website:
www.gov.ie/defence
Email:
info@defence.ie
Phone number:
045 492000

Department of Defence (Galway)

Address:
Department of Defence, Áras an tSáile, Renmore, Co Galway, H91 AN2E
Website:
www.gov.ie/defence
Email:
info@defence.ie
Phone number:
091 743700

Civil Defence

Address:
Civil Defence, Benamore, Roscrea, Co Tipperary, E53 CY80
Website:
www.civildefence.ie
Email:
civildefence@defence.ie
Phone number:
0505 25310

Office of Emergency Planning

Address:
Office of Emergency Planning, National Emergency Coordination Centre, Agriculture House (2 East), Kildare Street, Dublin 2, D02 WK12
Website:
www.emergencyplanning.ie
Email:
oep@defence.ie
Phone number:
01 2373800

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