Law student charged after border-area bomb intercepted
Isobella Perrie Sullivan, a 25-year-old law student from Clane, Co Kildare, appeared in Trim District Court charged with possession of explosives after a bomb was found in a car near Carrickmacross on the border with Northern Ireland. She was granted bail with conditions including a €15,000 independent surety, surrender of her passport, a curfew, daily Garda sign-ins, and a requirement to provide a contact number, with a further bail hearing scheduled.
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About Defence Forces
The Irish Defence Forces are the armed forces of the Republic of Ireland. Full-time salaried personnel are collectively known as the Permanent Defence Force (PDF); they encompass the Army, the Naval Service, and the Air Corps. The Permanent Defence Force is supported by volunteers of the Reserve Defence Force (RDF), consisting of the First Line Reserve (FLR) and the Second Line Reserve (SLR), the latter of which contains the Army Reserve (AR) and the Naval Service Reserve (NSR). In terms of personnel numbers, on 31 January 2026, the Minister for Defence confirmed a strength of 7,767 for the Permanent Defence Force, 204 for the First Line Reserve, and 1,607 for the Second Line Reserve, the latter consisting of 1,473 Army Reserve and 134 Naval Service Reserve. This equates to a ratio of Permanent Defence Force to Reserve Defence Forces of 4.3:1.
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- October 1, 1924
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