2nd Brigade (Ireland)

2nd Brigade
Irish: 2ú Briogáid

2nd Brigade shoulder flash
Country  Ireland
Branch Army
Part of Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier General Michael Beary[1]
Insignia
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Cathal Brugha Barracks, home to the Irish Army's 2nd Brigade

The 2nd Brigade (known as 2nd (Eastern) Brigade until the 2012 reorganisation of the army) (Irish: 2ú Briogáid) is a brigade of the Irish Army. The brigade headquarters are in Cathal Brugha Barracks in Dublin.[2]

2nd Brigade provides security to various vital installations in its area of responsibility, including; Government Buildings, Áras an Uachtaráin (Residence of the President), foreign embassies, Dublin Airport, Dublin Docks (Dublin Port, Dún Laoghaire) and Knock Airport.[3]

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