Cathal Berry

@BerryCathal

Former Independent TD for the Kildare South Constituency. Medical doctor, former Army Ranger.

Kildare, Ireland cathalberry.ie Joined April 2019

5.2K Following 11K Followers 16K Posts

Latest posts 5

Just as well Italy has an air intercept capability.

Imagine what would have happened if the Ryanair aircraft was actually on its return leg to Ireland when the incident occurred! 🤷🏼‍♂️ ✈️

@IrishAirCorps @defenceforces @dfatirl
@Dept_Transport

Naomi O'Leary @NaomiOhReally Nov 3

The Italian air force released these images of their fighter jets escorting a Ryanair flight into Rome airport after a bomb threat.
It was one of two flights from Dublin that were affected by a wave of fake bomb threats around Europe
irishtimes.com/world/europe/2…

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Cathal Berry @BerryCathal Sep 5

Great article.

Only in 🇮🇪 do we insist that those who come to help us must stay outside the 12 nautical mile limit, whereas those who come to harm us can do as they please for we have little or no means to protect ourselves… irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

www.irishexaminer.com Ireland’s neutrality has a security problem — and Europe is starting to notice Ireland’s low defence spending and reliance on Britain for security have exposed tensions at the heart of its military neutrality

Cathal Berry @BerryCathal Aug 9

“Irish troops hailed for Taylor transfer👇”

Not the @defenceforces first rodeo under the international spotlight… rte.ie/news/2006/0620…

www.rte.ie Irish troops hailed for Taylor transport The Minister for Defence has congratulated Irish peacekeepers in Liberia who were involved in security operations to airlift former president Charles Taylor to The Hague to stand trial.

Cathal Berry @BerryCathal Jul 29

Absolutely no reason why 🇮🇪 cannot have a similar capability to this to assist our neighbours in their hour of need.

We are quick to ask for help when we need it, but slow to reciprocate…

@dfatirl @IrishAirCorps @naval_service @defenceforces @CivilDefenceIRL @DubFireBrigade

Belgian Defence @BelgiumDefence Jul 29

Vandaag zet 🇧🇪 Defensie personeel en middelen in ter ondersteuning van de bestrijding van de zware bosbranden in Frankrijk 🇫🇷. De eenheden en middelen gaan zowel met een A400M als over de weg naar het getroffen gebied: Panther-blusvoertuigen, watertankwagens en militair personeel

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Cathal Berry @BerryCathal Jul 12

A class act as always.

Best wishes to @lawlor_aine

One of a kind.

The Week in Politics @rtetwip Jul 12

Presenter @lawlor_aine bids farewell after over 40 years at RTE, offering a heartfelt thanks to #RTETWIP's audience:

'Thank you to all of you, our viewers, who have bothered over the years to tune into The Week in Politics' she said, 'it has been a privilege'.

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