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gaming for peace
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Job hunt
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Bomb Squad
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Drogheda
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'A retention crisis': Concerns raised as numbers serving in Defence Forces drops below 9,000
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Minister Paul Kehoe
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soldiering against subversion
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UN peacekeeping
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workers rights
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Living wage
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army recruitment
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national services day
'We always turn up and we always will': Ireland's frontline workers are getting their own day of recognition
1 Sep 2018
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newlyn harbour
'We were given the baton': How Ireland's Defence Forces helped with significant cocaine seizure in UK
31 Aug 2018
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Seized
Five men arrested and drugs seized as Defence Forces assist in inter-agency operation at sea
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Papal Visit
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27 Aug 2018
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Pope Visit
'Morale is on the floor': Defence Forces to be paid just €47.59 per day for extra work during Pope visit
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hot weather
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