Deputy Matt Carthy, said the crisis in the Irish Defence Forces is worsening under the current government.

Grooming regulations for Defence Forces personnel were relaxed from Thursday with men permitted to grow beards and women allowed to wear fake tan and nail polish.

'I want the rules changed so that this doesn't happen again'

'Last week, a Lebanese military tribunal charged several people whom it believes were involved in the attack on the Irish peacekeepers in December'

'Private Rooney leaves behind his heartbroken mother and girlfriend whom he was due to marry next year'

Lisa Smith appeared before the Court of Appeal today through a live video link.

The former Irish soldier was convicted earlier this year following what was described as a 'novel and complex' trial.