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
Military officers urge Government to give Air Corps key role in aviation search and rescue
RACO says contract with private sector has cost €367m over recent years
Government accused of reneging on Defence Forces recruitment
‘Immediate and significant intervention’ is required to save the Defence Forces, says officers body
Army reservists not fit enough for exercises, says general
‘Physicality of what they were trying to do overwhelmed many,’ says top training officer
Senior officers still flying air ambulance missions as fears for service grow
Emergency Aeromedical Service cut back last year to ease staffing pressures
Naval Service forced to delay mission due to lack of crew
Manpower crisis is affecting service’s ability to tackle drug smuggling, says officers’ group
Officers paying up to €67,000 to leave Defence Forces early
New graduates in cybersecurity and forensics, engineering, nautical science left
Air Corps pilot retention scheme attracts 70% sign-up rate
Mixed results for Defence Forces retention schemes as strength continues to decline
New seagoing tax credit will not stop retention crisis, say Naval Service bodies
Credit worth €1,270 a year announced for sailors who spend 80 days or more at sea
Minister moves to re-assure Dáil on commitment to air ambulance
Warnings service under threat because of staff retention problems
Air ambulance service ‘on the brink of collapse’
Staffing levels to blame for decline in Defence Forces service, officers conference hears
The Irish Times view on morale in the Defence Forces: a step in the right direction
President’s unprecedented intervention showed just how serious the position had become
Military officers warned over ‘anonymous personal attacks’ on politicians
Criticism by defence forces personnel of Paul Kehoe has increased markedly in recent months
‘Optimistic figures’ show 7 years for Defence Forces to reach full strength – Raco
Turn-over rate is much higher than Government figures, says military officers group
President Higgins has moral responsibility for Defence Forces welfare
Supreme commander of Defence Forces is clearly troubled by Government handling of pay issue
Minister denies Naval Service ships sidelined due to staff shortage
LE Eithne and LE Orla out of service for routine maintenance, says Paul Kehoe
Defence Forces staffing crisis creating ‘risk’ at officer level
Turnover rate among personnel is ‘devastatingly high’ Oireachtas committee hears
Numbers leaving Defence Forces ‘putting viability at risk’
Officers’ group says Department of Defence policies were ‘failing the State’
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