#NAVAL SERVICE – Within a space of seven days the Naval Service OPV L.E. Roisin (P51) detained two foreign registered fishing vessels for alleged breaches of fishing regulations. The most recent detainment was on Tuesday where a UK registered trawler was approximately 33 nautical miles off Mizen Head, Co. Kerry.…

The Naval Service Vessel LE Roisin detained a Spanish registered fishing vessel approximately 150 nautical miles off the Clare Coast yesterday afternoon. The detention was in relation to an alleged breach of technical fishing regulations. The vessel is currently under escort by the LE Roisin to Castletownbere and is expected…

#NAVAL SERVICE – The Naval Service are currently accepting applications for General Service Recruits. There are additional positions available within the Defence Forces for General Service and Specialist positions. For information on all these appointments, noting the relevant links for further details can be found by visiting: www.military.ie The navy…

#NAVAL ANCHORAGE – A Royal Navy mine-hunter HMS Bangor (MI09) which took part in Libyan operations last year, anchored overnight in Dublin Bay during the north-easterly gale force winds, writes Jehan Ashmore. Unlike the majority of vessels which anchor in the south of the bay, she unusually took anchorage north…

#NAVAL VISITS – Two small University Royal Naval Units (URNU) patrol training boats of the Royal Navy are due to call to Cork city centre along South Customs House Quay this afternoon, writes Jehan Ashmore. The pair are HMS Exploit (P167) and HMS Express (P163) and they belong to a…

#NAVAL SERVICE - Ireland could soon join the fight against Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, the Irish Independent reports. Minister of State Fergus O'Dowd confirmed that the Department of Defence was considering sending a personnel detachment to assist the EU's naval mission in the area west of Africa. The…