Irish security forces refer to the various security forces of

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. Among other roles, they carry out efforts to undermine the ongoing

dissident Irish republican campaign The dissident Irish republican campaign began at the end of the Troubles, a 30-year political conflict in Northern Ireland. Since the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or PIRA) called a ceasefire and ended Provisional Irish Republican Arm ...

since

the Troubles The Troubles () were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed t ...

. They consist of the following organisations; ; Department of Defence * Defence Forces **

Army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...

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Army Ranger Wing The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) (, "''SFA''") is the special forces, special operations force of the Defence Forces (Ireland), Irish Defence Forces, the military of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is a branch of the Irish Army, it also selects pers ...

(ARW) *** Ordnance Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) ** Air Corps ** Naval Service ** Directorate of Military Intelligence (G2/J2) *** National Security Intelligence Section (NSIS) *** Defence Intelligence Section (DI) ** Communications and Information Services Corps (CIS)

SIGINT Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is the act and field of intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly u ...

** Military Police Corps ; Department of Justice *

Garda Síochána (; meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is more commonly referred to as the Gardaí (; "Guardians") or "the Guards". The service is headed by the Garda Commissio ...

** Crime and Security Branch (CSB) ***

Special Detective Unit The Special Detective Unit (SDU) () is the main domestic security agency of the ''Garda Síochána'', the national police force of Ireland, under the aegis of the Crime & Security Branch (CSB). It is the primary counter-terrorism and counter-es ...

(SDU) **** Emergency Response Unit (ERU) *** National Surveillance Unit (NSU) * Airport Police Service * Dublin Harbour Police * Dún Laoghaire Harbour Police ; ; Department of Finance *

Revenue Commissioners The Revenue Commissioners (), commonly called Revenue, is the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters. Though Revenue can trace itself back to predecessors (with the Act of Union 1800 amalgamating ...

** Customs ;

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment () is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and regulates, protects and develops the natural resources of Ireland. ...

* National Cyber Security Centre ;

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

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