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Three ageing vessels may be gifted to friendly nation, scrapped or sold.

The Government has said the process will take between four and six years to complete. The Government has agreed to purchase two decommissioned inshore patrol vessels from the New Zealand navy for €26 million. In 2016, the 42-year-old LÉ Aisling was decommissioned and sold to a Dutch company for €110,000. She said Minister for Defence Simon Coveney “has made a decision to dispose of these three vessels. In 2015, the Naval Service offshore patrol vessel, the LÉ Aoife, was donated to the Armed Forces of Malta, despite concerns expressed by Maltese sailors about its condition. Another is to sell them.