22 h. ago Heightened risk from hostile actors, ‘dark vessel’ in Irish Sea and more top stories

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23 h. ago ‘Dark vessel’ in Irish Sea could be linked to rogue drones during Volodymyr Zelenskiy visit

Airborne devices appeared in Dublin Bay, close to flight path of Ukrainian president’s plane

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23 h. ago EU satellite images identified ‘dark vessel’ in Irish Sea that could be linked to rogue drones

Airborne devices appeared in Dublin Bay, close to flight path of Ukrainian president’s plane

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5 d. ago Irish naval ship monitored suspicious vessel off Dublin during Zelenskyy visit

The ship had been involved in damaging an undersea cable in the Baltic Sea earlier this year.

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5 d. ago Senior gardaí query ‘weak’ response from Defence Forces to rogue drones during Zelenskiy visit

Questions asked within force over why the Defence Forces did not fire on the drones or fire warning shots

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5 d. ago Senior gardaí express annoyance over Defence Forces’ response to rogue drones during Zelenskiy visit

Questions asked within force over why the Defence Forces did not fire on the drones or fire warning shots

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6 d. ago Garda national security team investigating rogue drones during Zelenskiy visit

Move comes as French military opens fire on five suspected drones over nuclear submarine base on Thursday

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3 w. ago Helen McEntee briefed on Russian spy ship movements by military chief

At least one Naval vessel and a maritime patrol aircraft on standby in case ship changes course

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3 w. ago Defence Forces may deploy ship to monitor Russian vessel in Irish waters

At least one Naval Service vessel and a maritime patrol aircraft on standby, say sources

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3 w. ago Search operation continues off Irish coast after person reported missing from UK naval vessel

Vessel was located north of Tory Island when the alert was raised

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