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Special Forces' Ray Goggins calls on Kildare residents to Dare to be Brave for sick children

Ray Goggins is calling on people across Co. Kildare to be brave this year, in aid of sick children. The former Special Forces Operator and now Chief Instructor on RTE’s Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week said that by taking part in Children’s Health ...

09 May 2022 at 18:33

Afghanistan Inquiry: Why has a probe been launched and what will it involve?

The independent inquiry into alleged unlawful killings by special forces in Afghanistan was officially launched on Wednesday. Here, the PA news agency looks at why the probe has been commissioned and what it will involve. – Who commissioned the ...

22 Mar 2023 at 15:47

Allegations of unlawful special forces executions ‘extremely serious’

Allegations of unlawful executions by British special forces in Afghanistan are “extremely serious”, the independent inquiry’s chairman has said. The probe officially launched on Wednesday, as Lord Justice Haddon-Cave said many hearings would ...

22 Mar 2023 at 14:58

Defence chief expects ‘maximum engagement’ with Afghanistan inquiry

The chairman of the independent inquiry relating to unlawful executions by British special forces in Afghanistan has said the Chief of Defence Staff told the armed forces he expects “maximum engagement” with the probe. At the Royal Courts of ...

25 Apr 2023 at 12:35

Special forces officers concerned over ‘questionable’ behaviour in ‘massacres’

UK special forces officers raised concerns of “questionable behaviour” by certain units in Afghanistan, describing alleged unlawful killings as “massacres”. In email exchanges, which were read to an independent inquiry on Monday, some ...

09 Oct 2023 at 15:37

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Special Forces' Ray Goggins calls on Kildare residents to Dare to be Brave for sick children

09 May 2022 at 18:33

Ex-British soldier Daniel Khalife ‘gathered names of special forces personnel’

A former British soldier accused of passing secret information to Iran covertly gathered the names of service personnel, including those in special forces, a court has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, took a photo of a handwritten list ...

09 Oct 2024 at 14:08

Ex-veterans’ minister may face jail sentence as request to withhold names denied

Ex-veterans’ minister facing jail sentence as request to withhold names denied

Former veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer is potentially facing a prison sentence after his application to withhold the names of those who told him about alleged special forces murders was rejected by the Afghanistan Inquiry’s ...

11 Jul 2024 at 16:35

Jenrick suggests regret at ordering children’s asylum centre murals painted over

Robert Jenrick has suggested he regrets ordering murals of cartoon characters at a children’s asylum centre be painted over, and would not do it again. The Conservative leadership contender reportedly made the order when he ...

11 Oct 2024 at 11:04

The seven key night raids at the centre of the Afghanistan inquiry

UK special forces allegedly had a policy of executing males of “fighting age” in Afghanistan in circumstances where they posed no threat, an independent inquiry has heard. The central allegation of the probe, which will ...

09 Oct 2023 at 16:29

Wallace rejects claims he ‘lacked curiosity’ over alleged special forces murders

Former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace has rejected claims by ex-veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer that he “lacked curiosity” when responding to allegations of a cover-up of special forces murders in Afghanistan. Mr ...

23 Sept 2024 at 17:33

Families urge inquiry to provide ‘truth’ about British special forces killings

Families who allege unlawful killings by British special forces in Afghanistan have called on an independent inquiry to “provide us with the truth”. The inquiry, which is set to begin its substantive hearings at the ...

09 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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