2018 Defence Forces Operations 2018 Friday 28th December - Defence Forces Operations 2018 Naval Service Recruitment 00.01am - Naval Service General Service Recruitment December 2018 Naval Service Detain Fishing Vessels 9.30am - Naval Service Detain Two Fishing Vessels In Overnight Operation Christmas Messages 9am - Happy Christmas from Defence Forces personnel serving overseas Improvised Explosive Device 10.10am - Improvised Explosive Device In Vehicle Made Safe In Navan LÉ Samuel Beckett Detains Fishing Vessel 8.00pm - LÉ Samuel Beckett Detains Fishing Vessel off Mizen Head Defence Forces Carol Service Air Corps Commissioning Friday, 2 November 2pm - Air Corps Cadets To Receive Commissions LÉ James Joyce Returns Home Saturday, 27th October 2018 3pm - LÉ James Joyce Returns Home from Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Ministerial Review Tuesday 18th September, 2018 9am - Ministerial Review of the Syria Bound 58th Infantry Group LÉ James Joyce on OP SOPHIA Friday, 06th July -10.45am - LÉ James Joyce Departs For Mission In Mediterranean Defence Forces Commissioning Ceremony Friday 22nd June 2018 - 11:45am - Naval Service Officer Commissioning Ceremony Army Bomb Disposal Teams Conduct Two Separate Operations Monday, 30th April 2018, 3.50pm - Army Bomb Disposal Teams Conduct Two Separate Operations in Dublin Defence Forces Conduct MRE Tuesday 17th April 2018, 2.00pm.- Defence Forces Conduct MRE in Preparation for UNIFIL (Lebanon) Deployment Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe a Historic Artillery Shell Thursday, 05th April 2018, 2.15pm - Army Bomb Disposal Team Make Safe And Remove a Historic Artillery Shell from Echlin Street, Co. Dublin