Defence Forces

Protections around breaks, work hours and annual leave already applicable to most workers in State

Testimonials claiming Kielan Mooney (30) was a good father were a ‘gross overstatement’, says sentencing judge

Comdt Fiachra Lambe was formally admitted as a member of the Faculty of Military Medicine in Ireland following graduation at McKee Barracks in Dublin

Plus: Defence Forces spending on Pilates sounds like a bit of a stretch, Michael McGrath discusses European master plan in Cork and Independent TDs take us back to the past

Defence Forces says the Metagas Everest tanker, which is the subject of US and UK sanctions, is a ‘vessel of interest’

Personnel shortage means only one ship can patrol Ireland’s vast economic zone at a time - and even that rate may have to be reduced

Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices

Defence Forces drafted in as crews from ESB Networks and Uisce Éireann struggle to reach facilities due to conditions

Department of Equality again the only department at which women received higher average hourly pay

Derek Doyle, a former Defence Forces member who served overseas, described as a true friend who ‘poured his heart into everything he did’

Officers will also now be confined to simply reporting back the results of the case to Defence Forces authorities rather than giving evidence about an accused’s service record

Probationary period will apply to man despite judge describing delay as ‘injustice’

President pays special tribute to members of the Irish Defence Forces who will be overseas this Christmas for showing ‘an example of Irishness and its values at its best’

French-made Dassault Falcon 6X will be a ‘game-changer for the State’s transport, airlift and medical capabilities’, says Tánaiste Micheál Martin

Lieutenant Shane Hunt lied to candidate over cadetship interview process and then produced false document of successful candidates which excluded his name

Cash, documents, electronic devices, ammunition also recovered following raids in Daly’s Cross and Kennedy Park

Officer said his career path led to him becoming target of ‘direct and indirect resentment and discrimination’

Report was commissioned in wake of controversy over Cathal Crotty, an Army private who was spared jail last June after beating a woman, Natasha O’Brien, unconscious

Pte Patrick Kelly and Garda recruit Gary Sheehan were shot dead by a Provisional IRA gang 41 years ago

Members of officers’ association ‘not particularly surprised’ by report of specialist staff shortages