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These detection arrays are part of Israel’s Iron Dome anti-projectile defence system against bombardment by Hezbollah and its affiliates. The missile system is designed to destroy incoming rockets and heavy artillery.

Lieutenant Colonel Máirtín Coffey is only one month into his new role as Barracks Commander of Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa, in Renmore, but he is no stranger to Galway city. He wants to improve the relationship between the military, and the wider city its members and families live in.

Although beaming with pride, there was a chastened atmosphere amongst family and friends of soldiers of the 126th Infantry Battalion, on parade in Renmore Barracks last Friday, before deploying to Lebanon next week.

A 17-year-old boy who attempted to murder an Army chaplain outside Renmore Barracks in Galway has been sentenced to ten years in detention, with the final two years suspended. The teenager, who pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Fr Paul Murphy on 15 August 2024, must also complete a deradicalisation programme and remain under supervision for three years following his release.

Demolition of the 1970s-era Defence Forces’ former University Students’ Accommodation Complement (USAC) building located behind the Garrison Church in Renmore began in 2022, with a modern 69-bed residence slated for completion on the site in April earlier this year.

Galway Juvenile District Court sat in closed session on Tuesday where the 16-year-old accused of stabbing army chaplain Fr Paul Murphy last week appeared by video link from Oberstown Detention Centre in Co Dublin.

While you and your family are tucking into your festive dinner in the warmth and comfort of your homes and family circles, worrying about last-minute gifts, and whether or not to put an extra bottle of wine into the fridge, spare a thought for the troops of the 54th Infantry Group who will be at democracy’s outpost as part of the UNDOF mission on the Golan Heights throughout the holiday period.