Does Ireland have mandatory military service?

No conscription

No conscription

Ireland is one of 123 countries classified “No conscription” for military conscription — 64% of the 192 with data. (Also searched as the draft, national service.)

Source

Taken from
Wikipedia: Conscription
Last checked
15 September 2026
How it was classified
Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.

Nearby countries

United Kingdom
No conscription
Belgium
No conscription
Netherlands
No conscription
Luxembourg
No conscription
France
No conscription
Denmark
Active conscription

Other laws in Ireland

Death Penalty
Fully abolished
School Corporal Punishment
Banned
Jury Trials
Jury trials used

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