Talk:Irish Defence Forces
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I removed this from the text: The Republic of Ireland is not a member of NATO and, under Irish law, the Defence Forces cannot participated in any foreign intervention without a specific United Nations mandate.
Because the list of troop deployment at the Irish Defense Force page includes several non-UN missions.[1] (http://www.military.ie/overseas/mission_strengths.htm) Do these missions like Kfor and Sfor have some kind of UN "mandate"? Rmhermen 21:16, Mar 29, 2004 (UTC)
- The quote can't be right, as the referenced website clearly says that Irish forces are deployed on EU and OSCE missions as well as UN ones. Arwel 20:35, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
IDF badge
What is the explanation of the letters FF on the Irish Defence Forces' badge? Do they perhaps stand for the Fianna Fáil / Soldiers of Destiny of the opening words of the national anthem (as opposed to Fianna Fáil the political party, that is)? -- Picapica 14:23, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
As no-one else has come up with the answer, which I have since discovered, I'll reply to myself, just for the record..! Yes, FF on the cap badge does stand for Fianna Fáil. -- Picapica 10:05, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
