Talk:Irish Army

message: Is it worth mentioning anywhere the support the Army give to the police when money deliveries are made to banks in the Republic? Does this still occur? Its been a while since I popped across the border for fuel Alastairward 11:44, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: An Garda Siochana have primary responsibility for law and order, including the protection of the internal security of the State. The Defence Forces also carry out internal security missions under the role of Aid The Civil Power (ATCP), providing security at vital installations and armed escort for cash, prisoners, explosive etc. See Border duties and aid to the civil power section.--MFIreland • Talk 23:47, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Army and Gardai 

message: *Is it true that extras in Braveheart were members of the Irish Army Reserves?
:Yes. Many of the battle scenes (like the cavalry charge deflected by the "wall of spikes", Battle of Stirling Bridge, attack on York, etc) were all filmed in Ireland, and members of the (then) FCÁ populated both armies. The RDF also  composed a majority of the extras used in the filming of the Omaha Beach scences in Saving Private Ryan. . Guliolopez 13:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They also took part in the 1944 production of Shakespeare's Henry V with Laurence Olivier.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.40.251.226 (talk) 10:29, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Braveheart movie?

message: This page needs a lot more referencing. 4 references and 2 external links for such a large topic isnt nearly good enough. Prose is fine, and so are the supporting material. A bit more information could be added to the sections, but otherwise, this article is pretty decent. T/@Sniperz11editssign 21:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment 

message: anyone have any information on how many foreign nationals serve in the army/defence forces? because, i might be wrong on this, aren't eu nationals allowed to serve? Jimjom (talk) 18:14, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Foreign nationals

message: Was watching reeling in the years just a few days ago and the army where only ever sent to the border to offer medical aid. There where suggestions of an invasion but nothing official 86.42.65.219 (talk) 15:01, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Irish_Army#Border_duties_and_aid_to_the_civil_power_1969-present]]

message: This page should be for the irish army as a whole not just Permanent or Reserve. Other pages can be created if needed or the name of this one changed. 
A seperate page on history of the defence forces needs to be done in order to declutter this page.
The current deployments needs updating.
What do others think?
SnackerViking (talk) 10:33, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updating? 

message: Under the heading "Peacekeeping Missions" Darfur is listed as one of the counties Irish troops where deployed. Ignoring the fact that Darfur is not a country but a region in Sudan, Irish troops where never part of any mission there. Irish peacekeepers in Chad, part of EUFOR Chad/CAR and MINURCAT did protect refugees fleeing from Darfur into Chad but never crossed the border into Sudan to do so. Darfur should be removed from the heading "Darfur and Chad". MFIreland (talk) 14:22, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Removing all references to Darfur in relation to this mission (why?) would be to completely ignore the elephant in the corner. It was to a large extent the instability emanating from there that prompted the mission. And no-one said Darfur was a state, any more than they said Kosovo is one (don't even think of going there!). RashersTierney (talk) 18:43, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Im not asking for all references to Darfur to be removed just from the heading. The heading 'Kosovo' is there because Irish troops are in Kosovo but never in Darfur. MFIreland (talk) 19:02, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The heading gives a context. I really don't see the need. If you think it should be made explicit in the section that Irish troops weren't deployed to Darfur, I don't see a problem with that. RashersTierney (talk) 20:25, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

text: The Darfur refugee issue was fundamental to the mission and this needs to be flagged in the section title; see The carnage in Darfur coupled with the multiple conflicts in the border areas between Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic has scarred the lives of countless thousands of innocent men, women and children. It will be our job to help and protect them and today the Government accepted my recommendation to deploy to the region,” stated Minister O’Dea.. To separate the mission in Chad from its stated objective/justification (Darfur refugee crisis) would be to tell only part of the story. Clarification re deployment can be included if thought necessary. RashersTierney (talk) 12:39, 3 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Done. RashersTierney (talk) 14:04, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peacekeeping Missions 

message: Unfortunately it seems that there has been a return to WP:TEND and WP:SOCK style behaviour to promote a position that is contrary to consensus on this subject. (Essentially an editor seems to be using multiple IPs to engage in tendentious editing). Is it disruptive enough to warrant pursuing under semi-protection guidelines? Guliolopez (talk) 10:17, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: As above, this has continued, so I've moved for temp semi-protection until user engages in-line with guidelines. Guliolopez (talk) 12:32, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:TEND/WP:SOCK

message: I think the emblem being used for the army in the info box is probably in either in need of considerable touching up, or else replacement with the logo of the Irish Defence Forces without a background colour. While appreciating the good intentions of the editor who uploaded it, I think its probably too amateur for use in this page. If there is a higher quality emblem with the red background for the PDF (and green for the RDF) then thse should of course be put in. But for now, for the sake of a more professional looking page, I suggest the removal of the current logo.
--104066481 (talk) 20:19, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Army Badge 

message: With the Western Brigade now disbanded, does anyone know which units were disbanded along with it? and which units were transferred to the the remaining two brigades? thanks, noclador (talk) 23:11, 4 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Western Brigade - new structure 

message: Hi. An (editwarring and likely block evading) anon keeps removing reference to the fact that the brigades are organised as "Southern" and "Northern". To my view, there is plenty of precedent for the brigades being described in this way. However, if the anon or any other editors have specific reason to explain why the "Southern" and "Northern" descriptors should be removed or reworded, let's discuss here (with rationale and per WP:CON convention) before affecting further changes. Looking forward to some discussion on this under the guidelines. Guliolopez (talk) 19:35, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brigades 

message: Per my previous note on the topic (and relevant WP:CFORK guidelines and WP:SPLIT convention), I've moved the large list/table of weapons to the existing "weapons of the Irish Army" sub-article. If there's a case to be made for including here, more than happy to discuss it, but I think it's a little weighty/impactful here (and already covered with the appropriate summary and "see more here" type standard - per WP:SS guidelines). Any other thoughts graciously welcomed. Guliolopez (talk) 10:01, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weapons list 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Someone could add a link to the 1969 plan "Exercise Armageddon" to the Troubles section. Nothing ensued, but its planning was requested by the government and paid for by the taxpayer.78.17.38.186 (talk) 11:05, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Exercise Armageddon

message: I changed "English equivalent" to "English language equivalent" because although Ceannfort translates as "Commandant", the equivalent British/US/Commonwealth rank is Major. (Commandant was briefly used in the UK instead of Brigadier.) Richard75 (talk) 22:46, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ranks template 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: I'm deleting the Roles of the Army section. It is unsourced and reads like a mission statement.
Meesher (talk) 07:18, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Roles of the Army"