The Kevin Quinn Foundation Charity Match 2024

Join us on 29th June for The Kevin Quinn Foundation Charity Match in Cathal Brugha Barracks in honour of Defence Forces Veteran Kevin Quinn, who fought adenocarcinoma gastric cancer with Signet Cell, we are coming together for a cause close to our hearts! Witness the rematch between Kevin Quinn XI and the Irish Defence Forces, […]

Thank you Árdscoil na Tríonóide TY Students

Recently members of ONE’s St Michael’s Branch (Athy) visited Transition Year (TY) students in Árdscoil na Tríonóide in Athy. Kevin Carton and John Roche spoke to the TY students about their time in the Irish Defence Forces and the incredible work that the Defence Forces Veterans charity ONE continues to do. That same week some […]

Battlefield Tours in Belgium this October

Battlefield Tours in Belgium this October that may be of interest to our members and Veterans. The 5th Inf Bn Association is organising Battlefield Tours of Flanders and the Somme in partnership with GTI Travel. The following is a breakdown of dates, costs etc.1.⁠ ⁠The trip is open to all members, family and friends.2. Dates: […]

Easter Hamper Winner

Congratulations to Pamela Cairns on winning our Easter Hamper. The Easter Hamper has raised €3,400 to help support our Veterans in need. Well done and thank you to the Michael Mc Neela Branch (Dundalk) members who organised and sold the tickets over the last few weeks in the Dundalk area. The branch would like to thank […]

Famine Trail Walk – Veterans Walking for Veterans

In 1847, 227 families were evicted from their homes on Strokestown Estate in County Roscommon. This led to 1,490 men, women and children who were, for purely financial reasons, forced to walk the 170 Km from Roscommon to Dublin. It was here that they were put aboard ships, sent to Liverpool and then forced to […]

Band of Sisters with Audra Larkin

Meet the veteran still fighting for equality. Thank you to Chrissie Russell and Woman’s Way Magazine for this interview. When Audra Larkin puts on her uniform to parade for St Patrick’s Day in Delaware this year, she might be more than 3,000 miles away from Ireland, but it will feel like home. “Wherever I go, […]

ONE Members visit the USA in March 2024

Pictured are ONE members and their families who made a trip to the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. To say they were very welcomed and looked after is an understatement. ONE would like to thank all their hosts and hostesses who made their visit very special indeed. There are […]

Fundraising in Dundalk for Homeless Veterans

Pictured are ONE Members Pat Donnelly and Jim McEneaney from our Micheal McNeela Branch (Dundalk) in Boyd’s Mall, Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk. They are running an Easter Raffle Fundraiser for homeless veterans. Branch members have previously visited the Longwalk Shopping Centre and are planning to visit four more Shopping Centres in the Dundalk area up to […]

Deputy CEO Michael Smyth Visits Defence Forces Locations

ONE’s Deputy CEO Michael Smyth is pictured giving a talk to serving Defence Forces personnel in Cathal Brigha Barracks recently. Michael is currently visiting ALL Barracks and Posts around the country to brief DF Members on ONE’s Strategic Goals and current projects including new homes for homeless veterans like ONE’s fifth home in Cork City […]

Congratulations to all our members and volunteers as we celebrate our 73rd anniversary.

ONE was founded in Mansion House on 10th March 1951 and unified two comradery associations into ONE: The National Federation of Irish Ex-Servicemen and the Association of Regular Ex-Servicemen. ONE’s first National President was Lt General Michael Joseph Costello. ONE’s original goals were: Comradeship – “maintenance of old bonds” and To facilitate work of the […]