Israel Hands

[Seamus O'Corcoráin 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @dohville]

@FineGael Is this a Joke? Radar that can tell us what we can't do anything about? Sonar to do the same below the sea? The DF abandoned by Successive FG defence ministers since 2011? Armoured vehicles that spent more time up on blocks than protecting the troops overseas. No closer to LOA2!

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@86thLeinster @ThomasByrneTD Peacekeeping is absolutely an armed intervention, with the consent of all belligerents involved, regardless of whether the UN gives it a certificate of approval or not

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@paulmcguinness6 @mickthehack @radaradsb Again....

[Barry Walsh @86thLeinster]

So @fiannafailparty @BarryAndrewsMEP says @FineGael and @fiannafailparty should do all the things they've failed to do for defence over the past two decades in government.....

Not gonna happen is it?
https://t.co/Lb4ylpOsYW

[RGill @robggill]

The people most loudly supporting retention of the Triple Lock were demanding the Irish Naval Service be deployed to a warzone, without permission of a belligerent, a few months ago.

[Raymond Rowan @RaymondRowan7]

Let’s destroy another false idol.

UN peacekeeping and its exclusivity regarding peacekeeping.

The number of UN mandates have collapsed in the last decade.

The last new mandate was in 2014.

Alongside this has been a reduction in funding and personnel.

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[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

🇮🇪 is not now & has never been neutral.

It's an observable fallacy to claim otherwise.

Politicians confusing the debate are doing significant harm to the country.

#Leadership

[Barry Andrews MEP @BarryAndrewsMEP]

⏩ Happening now: launching my 'Future of Irish Defence Policy' expert paper today in #Dublin.

Ireland is a non-aligned neutral country but we must be able to defend ourselves, on land, at sea, in the air and online.

Joined in discussion by @BerryCathal, who researched the paper, and Professor @BrigidLaffan, Ambassador @MelittaSchubert 🇦🇹 and Professor Ben Tonra.

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@RedDave14 @Mupper41 @Felix_Nuno @DavidCo64134059 Im patenting the intellectual property for Guinness flavoured crayons

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@Mupper41 @Felix_Nuno @DavidCo64134059 Eu Space marines....

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@LiamOsbourne @defenceforces @DF_COS Better yet they broke it when it was functioning correctly

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

Does @defenceforces offer bonuses for troops signing back up?

@DF_COS

#leadership

[Don Lavery @donlav]

Marine Corps offers reenlistment bonuses up to $60k to switch jobs https://t.co/Z4MhHYSs9K

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@ciarannugent @soldier_destin Tom Clonan the man who puts the fear of God into bungee cords everywhere

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

Is @defenceforces just a social media production company now?

NVE with no Lasers?
NVE worn but not used?
Using sights in the dark with no torch?
Standing in doorways?

What was actually happening here?

@DF_COS are there standards anymore? Were there ever?

@RACO_DF @pdforra

[Óglaigh na hÉireann @defenceforces]

Cadets conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain, operating as an infantry section within a demanding and realistic built up environment. The exercise challenges them to plan, communicate and adapt in real time, applying tactical doctrine while managing risk, tempo and control under pressure.

Through progressive scenarios, cadets develop leadership, teamwork and decision making skills essential to modern operations, preparing them morally, mentally and physically for their future roles as leaders in Óglaigh na hÉireann.

#ÓglaighnahÉireann #DefendOurState #IrishDefenceForces

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@dohville @MoorcroftRico Sextants at the ready!

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@dohville Was he in the army?

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

Remember now, @defenceforces is apolitical...
... except when it suits.

Also of note, @ChairmanEUMC dare not say a word to advocate for, or to challenge the deliberate neglect of the @defenceforces

#Leadership

@DF_COS @RACO_DF @pdforra

[Fine Gael Brussels @FineGaelBrux]

An Irishman in a senior and influential security role in the EU @ChairmanEUMC

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@soldier_destin @IRLDeptDefence Her position has been untenable since we couldn't fill overseas trips anymore, couldn't get ships to sea, the MV Matthew miracle, Uniform tender farce, Body armour farce & the continued decline of the DF

[Soldier Of Destiny’s Child @soldier_destin]

Is the Sec Gen screaming from the rooftops to the minister that we are in a security crisis and woefully under-prepared?
I seriously doubt it, but hope I’m wrong

[Israel Hands @IAmIsraelHands]

@ChairmanEUMC

Shear selfish cowardice...

[TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie]

An Irish general is now at the helm of the EU’s military committee. But what is his strategy?

News Correspondent Niall O'Connor recently interviewed Seán Clancy - he breaks down the key insights on 'hybrid war', neutrality, and defence.

Listen now https://t.co/qliIfCu9lf

[RoyK @roy_kinsella]

Europe has awakened but Ireland has not, said Lucas, who pointed to the speech given at Davos by Bart De Wever, the Belgian prime minister, who referenced an Italian philosopher, Antonio Gramsci, about this being a “time of ­monsters”
https://t.co/kl5wG52MEo