The ships available to go to sea will be the LÉ Samuel Beckett and LÉ William Butler Yeats – it is understood a third ship will be on standby.

The boarding is part of the broader investigation in to the beaching of a trawler off Wexford.

The Battlegroup will be on standby to respond rapidly to major humanitarian incidents and peacekeeping work.

The State is set to redraft laws which govern the deployment of the elite unit and other parts of the Defence Forces.

The opposition have criticised the use of a consultation forum rather than a citizens’ assembly.

The Journal was granted unprecedented access to the Martime Task Unit of the Irish Army Ranger Wing.

Ireland is already participating in a number of projects under the Permanent Structured Co-operation (Pesco) element of the EU Global Strategy.

A meeting this morning in Garda Headquarters and Drew Harris failed to reach agreement on the rosters dispute.

The Army Ranger Wing have a group within their unit with specialist maritime training such as combat diving.

The activities of Israel and Hamas have had “huge implications” for UNDOF peacekeepers in the region since 7 October.

The incident took place off the Wexford coast in the early hours of the morning.

The general who heads up NATO’s Critical Undersea Infrastructure unit spoke to The Journal’s Niall O’Connor.

The Journal recently traveled to the Portuguese coast to observe a major military exercise testing drones and undersea tech.

The Commission on the Defence Forces report is expected to be published on Wednesday.

The radar systems would be able to detect jets and drones at a range of altitutes.

Lieutenant Colonel Conor King of RACO was before the Joint Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs this afternoon.

Guest of Honour was Battle of Britain fighter pilot and Dublin resident John Hemingway.

Ireland has also sent demining equipment and provided training to the Ukrainian Army.

The Irish soldiers, comprising of six instructors, from the Engineer and Ordnance Corps, were working alongside Cypriot military engineers.

News Correspondent Niall O’Connor is in Syria visiting Irish troops keeping the peace on the contested Golan.

We speak to sources and hear from experts on how the Army Ranger Wing, Navy and Air Corps along with gardaí captured the MV Matthew.

Stephen Silver (40) was found guilty of the capital murder of Garda Horkan this afternoon.

Helen McEntee has also asked the Policing Authority to review how frontline Gardaí dealing with serious public order events can be further supported.

The EU Crisis Management event took place in Cadiz in Spain this week.

Eugene Ryan spoke to The Journal following the major drug seizure on a cargo ship earlier this week.

Sources have confirmed an encryption key was provided by the attack launched by the criminal gang last week.

Defence Forces Officers voted 85% in favour of joining the trade union body.

The issue of deploying the Army Ranger Wing to protect a diplomatic mission in Kyiv is seen an example why the legislation change is needed.

Former Garda, Laura Young & Tara McManus from the Garda Representative Association.

Multiple sources have said that the deposit was paid on 23 December by the Department of Defence and the final cost could be in the region of €50 million.

News of the mothballing of the ships comes just a day before Minister for Defence Micheál Martin visits troops in Lebanon.

The vote was taken today at a Garda Representative Association (GRA) special delegate conference in Kilkenny.

The multi-role vessel will have medical facilities, a helicopter landing area as well as other facilities to manage large-scale incidents.

The aircraft involved was a cargo plane which subsequently landed at Israeli airports. It is claimed that it made several flights carrying tonnes of ammunition and parts.