New: Investigation into Irishmen training forces of Gen Khalifa Haftar reveals what seem to be wider violations of UN arms embargo on Libya, including by Italian company
My story:
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Former members of the Óglaigh na hÉireann have reportedly been providing military training to a ‘warlord’ in Libya. This is according to Naomi O'Leary who said they are hired on a 9 month contract & earn €300 a day.
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The Irish soldiers who trained a rogue general’s army in Libya - by Naomi O'Leary irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

New: The Government has opened an investigation into alleged breaches of UN sanctions by an Irish company run by former Defence Forces soldiers which trained forces of Libyan strongman Haftar.
Micheál Martin has called the revelations “deeply shocking”:
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Irish soldiers have been accused of training the forces of a Libyan 'warlord' against the terms of a UN arms embargo - Naomi O'Leary newstalk.com/news/irish-sol…

The revelations sent shock waves through the senior ranks of the Defence Forces, Conor Gallagher reports. An Garda Síochána and military intelligence have become involved. irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…?

Today we publish the results of a long investigation by Naomi O'Leary, revealing that former members of the Defence Forces have been training Khalifa Haftar’s army in Libya - an apparent breach of a UN arms embargo irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…?

'Former members of the [Irish] Defence Forces have been providing military training for the forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar in an apparent breach of a United Nations arms embargo.'

Story by Naomi O'Leary

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The Irish soldiers who trained a rogue general’s army in Libya - big investigation by Naomi O'Leary irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0… via The Irish Times

The Irish soldiers who trained a rogue general’s army in Libya - huge story from Naomi O'Leary irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

'On two occasions Wagner forces shot towards the Irish trainers – possibly viewing them as competition for military contracts – and on the second occasion an Irish Training Solutions contractor returned fire'

A new early access episode is now available for Patreon supporters. Who is Ireland's incoming new Taoiseach Simon Harris, and why did Leo Varadkar resign?
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The surviving family of the Halalos were already going hungry in Gaza when I interviewed them in December, as I wrote in this piece. Mohammed Halalo’s sister in law was boiling herbs for her children and calling it ‘soup’.

the The Irish Passport Podcast has been one of my absolutely favorite shows for years, but their recent mini-series on English colonization of Ireland is just mind blowing ❤️‍🔥

Míle Buíochas Naomi O'Leary Tim Mc Inerney

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