Defence Forces officers vote to affiliate with trade union body
If approved by Government, the decision will allow Raco to participate in public pay talks
One-third of Naval Service fleet to be decommissioned
Three ageing vessels may be gifted to friendly nation, scrapped or sold
Recommended Defence Forces upgrades will be huge ask, says Coveney
Military representatives give commission’s reform and funding proposals cautious welcome
State ‘ignores’ soldiers who died in Civil War, claims Defence Forces officer
No event to honour National Army but those who fought in first World War are celebrated
Commission on Defence Forces’ report met with sharp criticism from military leaders
‘A case of moving the deckchairs around on the Titanic,’ says one senior officer
Sexual assault allegations ‘painful’ to hear, say Defence Forces officers
Representative Association for Commissioned Officers’ (Raco) to explore joining Ictu
Rangers are the elite of the Irish Defence Forces, so why are so many quitting?
The highly-trained unit is beset by frustration over pay and conditions
Defence Forces entering ‘irreversible decline’ due to personnel crisis
Committee hears cadets planning their exits immediately after joining
Warning of ‘wasted year’ if Defence Forces commission does not consider pay
Chair of new reform body tells Oireachtas committee it will not address overtime
Military cadets to receive €800 in allowances for time as contact tracers with HSE
Representative body argued cadets were among lowest paid Defence Forces personnel and ‘had been taken advantage of during pandemic’
Senior Air Corps pilots operating helicopter emergency service to receive allowance payments
About a dozen pilots to share €25,000 in retrospective payments
Defence Forces re-enlistment campaign nets just 62 ex-members
New figures are evidence of ‘abject failure’ by department, says Fianna Fáil TD
Defence Forces: First steps in reform to be approved by Cabinet
Commission will examine forces’ future but many within military fear its scope is limited
Garda and military representative groups frustrated at exclusion from pay talks
Current public pay agreement to expire at end of 2020
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