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Latest "Ireland" stories
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Here are the results of Army special operations’ annual sniper competition
The top five teams were from U.S. Army Special Operations Command, France, 20th Special Forces Group, Marine Corps Special Operations Command and Germany.
Russia moves planned naval exercise away from Irish coast
The Feb. 3-8 exercises were to be held 150 miles off southwestern Ireland — in international waters but within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone.
Why have so many Medals of Honor been awarded to the Irish? ‘We’ve been fighting for years and years’
“If you go back to the culture of the Irish you know we’ve been fighting each other and fighting the Scottish and so on and so forth for years and years and years,” said Medal of Honor recipient James Charles McCloughan.
By Howard Altman
Two sailors rescued, taken to remote Pacific island
The French fisheries patrol boat Osiris rescued injured Indian Abhilash Tomy, 39, and Irishman Gregor McGuckin, 32, late Monday after their boats lost masts in a storm Friday while competing in the around-the-world Golden Globe Race.
Air Force reports three emergency aircraft landings in one week
A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender aircraft made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, Sunday.
By Kyle Rempfer