Irish Air Corps
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Oct 7, 2026
Gordon DuncanGUEST
So Yeah
Dan LedwoodHOST
Oh, and, and I've, I've just, I've suddenly forgotten one of the international, the other international participants, which was the Silver Swallows, the Irish Air Corps PC-90s.
Sam WiseHOST
Yes.
Sam WiseHOST
Again, wow.
Paul CurranGUEST
Back in the...
Paul CurranGUEST
This was before the Garda Air Support Unit was set up, 'cause I joined in October '96, so the, the Air Corps were still flying, uh, the old Alouette helicopters.
John SweetmanHOST
Mm.
Paul CurranGUEST
And you'd be sitting in a seat, you'd be strapped in with a, with a harness, and leaning out of the door.
Jack ChambersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's why I'm announcing a package of €1.6 billion for the Department of Defence for 2027, an increase of almost 9%.
Jack ChambersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It will support an intake of 850 new permanent Defence Force members next year, increases for Air Corps and Naval Service equipment, national preparedness and resilience funding, IT investment for digital transformation and the Joint Cyber Operations Unit.
Jack ChambersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and healthcare and medical services for the Defence Forces.
Jack ChambersSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
€340 million of NDP funding will support the delivery of new helicopters in the military radar programme, targeted investment in capabilities including maritime surveillance and cybersecurity, and the modernisation and upgrade of military installations throughout our country.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And he got that famous pic of Gilligan walking out of Port Alicia.
Michael O'TooleHOST
But in 1999, he was there at Baldonnell when Gilligan was brought in from England on an Air Corps plane.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And he was arrested on the apron.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And it was Noel Brown, a friend of the poet, who arrested him.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And he got that famous pic of Gilligan walking out of Port Alicia.
Michael O'TooleHOST
But in 1999, he was there at Baldonnell when Gilligan was brought in from England on an Air Corps plane.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And he was arrested on the apron.
Michael O'TooleHOST
And it was Noel Brown, a friend of the poet, who arrested him.
Kate CarrGUEST
So in my class now, there's seven of us in the army class.
Kate CarrGUEST
We've won in the Air Corps.
Kate CarrGUEST
And then the 103rd cadet class came in yesterday and they're up to 20% female.
Kate CarrGUEST
That's above the EU average.
Paul HealyHOST
It's the first time that a a prisoner, a high profile person is being brought back to face criminal charges on that jet.
Paul HealyHOST
So to see them use it again was a surprise at first, but upon thinking about the logistics of it, we know that the CASA, the planes that they had been using previously, the Air Corps planes, they've had to stop twice or well, once or twice to refuel.
Paul HealyHOST
They take a long time to get to their destination.
Paul HealyHOST
And I would say that once they saw how effective the operation was to bring Kinnan home, they said, well, we might as well do this again when we have to bring Jason home.
Emmet MaloneCORRESPONDENT
And she had done a TY placement related to air traffic control.
Emmet MaloneCORRESPONDENT
And they had pointed her towards the Air Corps as a way maybe of gaining further training.
Emmet MaloneCORRESPONDENT
Spoke to a young guy from Tipperary who saw it as an opportunity to go to sea.
Emmet MaloneCORRESPONDENT
You know, he wanted to join the Navy, loves the sea.