Ireland intelligence service ? Shush it’s a secret !

McGee barracks Dublin 

Everybody as head of the CIA in America, the Secret Service of Britain called MI5 and the KGB in Moscow. Israel has MOS a D and one could go on but in Ireland it’s very secret. Here’s what we know every year in the budget they give the Secret service €2 million But the real money is in the military expenditure and the Gardaí budgets. 

The Directorate of Military Intelligence J2 is the military intelligence branch of the Irish  Defence Forces, and the national intelligence service of Ireland. The organisation has responsibility for the safety and security of the Irish Defence Forces, its personnel, and supporting the national security of Ireland. The directorate operates domestic and foreign intelligence sections, providing intelligence to the Government of Ireland concerning threats to the security of the state and the national interest from internal and external sources.

It is led by a Colonel. It is believed to be based in McGee barracks in Dublin. A sophisticated modern technology for espionage was Build and completed in 2010 at a cost of €30 million. Intelligence and language training takes place at the Military College, Defence Forces Training Centre (DFTC), Curragh Camp.

County Kildare 

Military Intelligence Headquarters (DFHQ) is the intelligence section of all Defence Forces branches. The Directorate of Military Intelligence draws staff from the ArmyNaval Service and Air Corps

The Communications and Information Services Corps (CIS) provides technical and electronic support. “J2” works closely with the Garda Síochána Special Detective Unit (SDU), the national police counter-terrorism and counter-espionage unit. it also works very closely with the Garda SDU and Garda National Surveillance Unit (NSU) to spy on potential terrorism threats, particularly from Islamic terrorists and dissident republicans. Military Intelligence have a number of Arabic speakers in their ranks as a result of Defence Forces deployments overseas.

Military Intelligence personnel regularly train, liaise and deploy with foreign intelligence, government and non-government agencies to share knowledge and best practice. This ensures they keep abreast of threats and are able to collate essential intelligence to further protect the state, the Defence Forces and its interests.