Irish Defence Forces

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Partnership_for_Peace_(PfP)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Irish_Air_Corps
gptkb:Irish_Naval_Service
gptkb:Irish_Army
gptkbp:budget €1.23 billion (2023)
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:British_peer
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Good_Conduct_Medal
gptkb:Military_Medal_for_Gallantry
gptkb:Service_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Medal
gptkbp:emblem Irish Defence Forces cap badge
gptkbp:flag Flag of the Irish Defence Forces
gptkbp:founded 1922
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Casement_Aerodrome
gptkb:Cathal_Brugha_Barracks
gptkb:Collins_Barracks,_Cork
gptkb:Custume_Barracks,_Athlone
gptkb:DFTC,_Curragh_Camp
gptkb:Naval_Base,_Haulbowline
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:McKee_Barracks,_Dublin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Irish Defence Forces
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Seán_Clancy
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Defence_Act_1954
gptkbp:mainLanguage English
Irish
gptkbp:motto Forógra na Poblachta (Proclamation of the Republic)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Óglaigh_na_hÉireann
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:DF
gptkb:Óglaigh
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Carl_O'Sullivan
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Conor_O'Boyle
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Daniel_McKenna
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Dermot_Earley
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Eoin_O'Duffy
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Frank_Aiken
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Gerry_McMahon
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Hugo_MacNeill
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_James_Flynn
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Joseph_Aherne
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Liam_Ahern
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Liam_Lynch
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Louis_Hogan
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Michael_Brennan
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Michael_Collins
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Michael_Joseph_Costello
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Pádraig_MacKernan
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Richard_Mulcahy
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Seán_Clancy
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Seán_Mac_Eoin
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Seán_McCann
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Tadgh_O'Neill
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Tom_Barry
gptkb:Lieutenant_General_William_O'Callaghan
Lieutenant General Emmet Dalton
Lieutenant General Seán Lemass
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:EUFOR
gptkb:UNFICYP
gptkb:MINURCAT
gptkb:UNTAET
gptkb:EUTM_Mali
gptkb:UNIFIL_(Lebanon)
gptkb:UNAMET
gptkb:KFOR
gptkb:UNTSO
gptkb:Operation_Althea
gptkb:Operation_Gritrock
gptkb:Operation_Pontus
gptkb:Operation_Sophia
UNMIL
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees approximately 9,000 (permanent) and 2,000 (reserve)
gptkbp:reserveComponent gptkb:Reserve_Defence_Forces
gptkbp:responsibleFor gptkb:Minister_for_Defence
gptkbp:role peacekeeping operations
humanitarian missions
aid to civil power
defence of Ireland
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Steyr_AUG
gptkb:AW139_helicopter
gptkb:Airbus_CN235
gptkb:LÉ_George_Bernard_Shaw_(P64)
gptkb:LÉ_James_Joyce_(P62)
gptkb:LÉ_Samuel_Beckett_(P61)
gptkb:LÉ_William_Butler_Yeats_(P63)
gptkb:MOWAG_Piranha_IIIH
gptkb:Pilatus_PC-9M
gptkb:RG-32M_LTV
gptkbp:website https://www.military.ie/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Amhrán_na_bhFiann
gptkb:harp_(Ireland)
gptkb:Richard_Mulcahy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5