Sky's the limit for Irish Air Corps trainees awarded RAF wings for first time 

Simply Marvellous for the Republic of Ireland and the UK. BUT, the greatest achievement belongs to those BEHIND THE SCENES who organised this cooperation without taking the limelight. Long may this flourish and lets these 4 "leaders" inspire others to take advantage of this opportunity.

Worked and socialized with the Irish Army in Kosovo in 2001, a great bunch of lads and lassies. I always thought we should have done more Exercises and Operations with them, so this sort of thing is brilliant to see.

Nice to see better relations with our neighbours across the Irish Sea….long may it continue

Congratulations men - great effort! 🍻 My family originates from Co. Mayo, Ireland, and I'm proud of that. Great initiative! 👏🏼👏🏼 Since we are cousins, it's time to build strong bridges between our nations, as there is far more we have common, that unites us, rather than divides us. This training represents part of that vision... 🇮🇪 🤝🏻 🇬🇧

Nice to see the UK and ROI cooperating. I say this as a proud Ulster ScotBrit but with warm feelings to Irish brothers and sisters

Greetings from Ireland, well done lads, all we need now is a defence force fit for purpose and the future

103 years after independence ... and the thousands of Irishmen that have joined the RAF (including my great uncle) ... great to see this cooperation

Good job young men. I hope this leads to great things for all involved.

Congratulations. Keeping our counties safe 🇬🇧🇮🇪💪

This is how our countries should be ☘️☘️☘️

Congratulations from a retired military airwinger in the US! Happy flying and stay safe 🙏!

2:32 That’s interesting seeing this chap, they do a Naval style salute. Very smart and lovely to see collaboration between 2 countries that hopefully we will see more collaboration and friendship in the future. Very smart and dedicated young men. As a former RAF tradesman it’s very warming to see this wonderful collaboration and wish these 4 wonderful gentlemen a very prosperous and reading career in the Irish Air Corps. ❤

Well done fellas👍🏼 The RAF Officer at 01:03 has a Northern Ireland accent. Great to see the two Forces working together. We’ve more that unites us than divides us.

Well done lads. Good on you and I hope you have succesful flying careers.

Great job to see 🇬🇧 🇮🇪

Good the Irish Republic and United Kingdom are not enemies but brothers and allies so , they should stand for each other shoulder to shoulder and concentrate not on past but in present and dream big for both 's bright and strong future, GOD SAVE THE KING AND UK AND IRELAND FROM INDIA 👑♥️🇮🇳🇬🇧🤴👸🇨🇮

Congratulations, that is quite an achievement. Well done!

So these are pilots from the Republic of Ireland who have worked with the RAF? If so, that is good to hear. I know Ireland and the UK have had a rocky relationship over the years, so its great to see them working together.

This is how the future is built. Not by politicians, but by men and women from countries working together.

Congratulations from far away 🇯🇵Japan. Congratulations. I wish you the best of luck and safety in your mission. 🫡

Ah, a lad named Finucane in the RAF (temporarily). I wonder if he's related to Patrick Finucane, the Battle of Britain Spitfire ace?

good job lads trained by the best airforce in the world crack on lads 🇬🇧🇨🇮

Not only is this a lovely story but it's also great to see such an overwhelmingly positive comment section. Smiles all round.

Be great when the Irish are flying fast jets and playing their part in interception and defence radar.

My late Irish uncle, who served with distinction in RAF Bomber Command during WW II would be very proud to see these young Irish Flight Officers graduate with the Royal Air Force Flight Training School, Shawbury.

Im delighted for those young men especially Mr Finnucane, well done lads 🇮🇪🇮🇪🦾🦾❤️❤️🌻🌻🇮🇪🇮🇪

As an ex Irish soldier it s great to see this co-operation between neighbours and family. Most people from the Ireland and the UK have family connections across the islands. More in common than not.

The last living pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain is John Hemingway - aged 104 years old - an Irishman who in contravention of his government went to join the RAF.

Well done lads and good luck

Stronger together. Good work all

My dad, a Monaghan man, fought Nazis in Italy as a British soldier from 1943 to 1945, along with thousands of other Irishmen. Don't get me wrong, he felt that Ireland should be reunited as a free nation, but peacefully, through politics, not murder. Just look at what the association with Europe has done for Ireland economically. There's no other sane way forward, including friendship with the UK.

Well done, lads

This is lovely well done guys

I'm Irish but have lived and worked in the UK and further afield with family and great friends all over - in England and Ireland. There has always been and continues to be great collaboration in difficult circumstances between the Irish and English - lets not forget that and may it continue. We must co-create peace in the world - protect our nations and borders and abide by the rule of international law which is to keep peace and bring about peace in our troubled world. Most of all to protect life - not destroy it. We must fight for the poor and the most vulnerable. Greed and power are the real enemies of mankind. We must fight for those who who are part of the evil forces in the world that treats our fellows with injustice, poverty, destruction. A nihilistic, does not believe in anything - not religion, a moral code, love. Being nihilistic is closely related to the political philosophy of anarchism, a belief that all social structures need to be destroyed before a new, better society can be developed. From bitter past experiences of all our forefathers - we know this has never achieved anything good for or in the world. Well done lads and hope you helped create and build new friends.

Superb. Brilliant to see. No doubt Irish airmen from a previous generation -Beamish, Finucane, Hemmingway etc (amongst others) would be delighted.

Legacy of Wing Commander Brendan Finucane

Well done to all involved, great initiative 👍

Congrats to each of them - well done. And to the people in both nations that made it possible.

Lets not forget fighter pilots are usually some of the best pilots on earth, not just in the military but all around.. the best of the best

Well done and congratulations 🎉🎉🎉; as a pilot, nothing can compare to the feeling of earning the wing🎉🎉🎉

Superb works lads and well done. I hope you had a great time over here.

Wonderful to see. 🇮🇪🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🤝 🇮🇪 long may it continue

Congratulations and well done to each and all!!

Well done lads, Hope you all have a good service career

Great bunch of lads ☘

Greetings from Canada, BZ men, wishing you a long, safe and interesting career.

Superb! Per Ardua Ad Astra 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇮🇪 Total respect for these fine Irish Professionals. Good to see the 2 nations collaborating like this; we are bonded, able to forge a new history and we work better together ( who needs the EU? 😂)

Superb! Congratulations 🎉

These guys are special.

Well done lads, good effort!

Brendan "Paddy" Finucane was one of the leading Allied aces of World War 2. At 21 he became the youngest Wing Commander in the history of the Royal Air Force. I believe he's come back for more in the form of young Jack Finucane here!, be mind blowing if he was actually related to the legendary RAF ace.

No fighter jets, No tanks, No Radar, No combat ships a complete waste of Tax Payers money (In Ireland). I am sure the guys are great individuals, its their gov letting them down. Indeed Britain maintains the defence of Irish Airspace as we have no planes or Radar to do so ourselves. We fought a War of independence and when it comes to spending real money they (Gov) go cap in hand to UK to avoid doing so.

The funny thing here is you had 4 lads from the air crops here but im sure there was irish lads for the RAF and british army there to great to see we are all family on these islands

Nice to see. Never thought this would happen. I like Irelands policies of non aggressive forces and peace keeping duties they do.

nice to see working together!!

So good to see!

Well done lads👍

Some pretty toxic comments here by absolute langers

Doing Ireland (and the UK) very proud! (Just whatever happens don't put your hands in your pockets)

Well done lad’s 🎉

There seem to be some strange comments about the presentation of RAF wings to people completing an RAF course. If not RAF wings then whose? The RAF could hardly award any wings other than their own. (I don't think it was ever intended that these wings would then replace those on their uniforms issued by their own service.) The training of Irish military personnel in the UK is not a new thing. (Eg. Irish naval officers were training in England at Dartmouth in 1946.) Irish defence forces visit the UK frequently. It's been going on for a long time.

The pilot's mother need not worry. I once heard a pilot in a radio interview on the radio say " I am very glad to be up in the air as an aircraft pilot, well away from all the mad - men driving cars on the roads" !!!!!!!

As they took to their submarines, the Irish air corp reflected on a job well done.

Good on them.

Is Jack Finucane any relation to WW2 legendary fighter ace Paddy Finucane?

Well done, you.

Why are irish air corps in the british air corps i dont understand whos country are they representing why are they being trained in the unitef kingdom and not ireland ????

More collaboration and co-operation like this - great to see.

Well done .

Gowaaann the boys 🎉

Well done guys ex air corp tech👍

Is getting RAF wings like getting patched in as a Hells Angel?

Brilliant and well done. Garryowen

Ireland should be proud but they wouldn’t be, but uk is 👍👍👍👍

They haven’t been awarded RAF wings. They have been presented with qualification wings of the Irish Air Corp, after completing training with the RAF.

Why would the Irish issue UK wings. rediculous clickbait.

Finucane. Popular name.

Sounds good to me. Less expensive than sending them to the USA for training.

All they need now is a government that takes defence seriously!

Good to see the two countries working together, I hope nobody does something stupid to ruin it.

What are Irish pilots doing training by the RAF. This training carried out in Ireland. What is going on...

Good job I guess but no other country could have trained them? Kind of weird to have Irish servicemen running around with British metals.

Lovely young people. M

Have the Irish actually got some aircraft now? Wow!

Great to see them do so well. But it's no surprise. The IAC is very small and only a few cadets are chosen every year from a lot of applicants, many of whom would be perfectly suitable in a bigger air force. So they are the best of the best to use a cliché. That's also why I was rejected. 😢 😊 Congratulations to them.

I'm guessing these courses are happening because Ireland is planning to expand it's Defence capability but currently doesn't have the training infrastructure in place? Is that somewhat right?

Ireland and UK Is one nation They should stand Under the Rule of King William United Great Kingdon

What do they fly?

Per Ardua ad Astra and strength through co-operation.

Nice 😊

Your laces are undone kelly lad

BRAVO ZULU !

Well done guys, great to see cross training with the brits

Bit of a joke that they have to go to UK RAF not a EU counterpart!

Now if we can get them quality jets, we,d br in business.

The Beamish stick. If you know, you know.

Be nice to see them wear their RAF wings.

I believe its wrong of the Irish state sending young cadets to train with RAF on a operational basis ss they're to different organizations... The Irish did train the British in Ireland to go on UN service as they did with the American and other soldiers from around the world at their UN training college. Irish cadets should only be trained in Irish colleges only. I dont mean to burst the bubble but that is that. The Irish state should rethink their position.

Long may it continue