Journal.ie - Survey finds 73% of uniformed services who joined after 2013 considering 'seeking a new job' - 25 Nov 24
A file image of Defence Forces members. Alamy Stock Photo
Irishexaminer.com - Outsourcing of instructor jobs may breach public service agreement, says military body - 02 Sep 24
General Secretary of PDFORRA Gerard Guinan said: 'The message being sent out is that running services into the ground is the only manner by which you will receive funding. File picture: Paul Mealey
Journal.ie - Defence Forces mandatory retirement age rises from 60 to 62 - 19 Aug 24
THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT age for members of the Irish Defence Forces has risen from 60 to 62 years old as of today, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has announced.
Examiner.com - Defence Forces, firefighters, and prison guards can defer retirement by two years from today - 19 Aug 24
The maximum retirement age for members of the Defence Forces, firefighters, and prison guards is being raised from 60 to 62 from today.
Independent.ie - Mandatory retirement age for Defence Forces, fire fighters and prison officers increases to 62 from today - 18 Aug 24
Defence Minister Micheál Martin and Irish Defence Forces chief of staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy. Photo: Niall Carson/PA
Examiner.com - Union to help members of Defence Forces lodge complaints about assaults and bullying to tribunal - 14 Aug 24
PDForra general secretary Gerard Guinan said previous complaints about assaults, bullying and harassment were allegedly not dealt with satisfactorily by military management.
Irishexaminer.com - Army strength falls below 6,000 for first time in living memory - 13 Aug 2024
In the first half of this year, 338 personnel left the Defence Forces while just 240 were recruited. The army now has only 5,959 members, some 1,500 less than the minimum strength. Picture: iStock
IrishTimes.com - Teenage Defence Forces members experienced assault, psychological torture, tribunal hears - 22 Jul 24
Other members forced out after trying to raise issues through Army complaints process
Examiner.com - Archaic military law preventing Defence Forces hero from being honoured by State - 20 Jul 24
Private Billy Kedian made sure 11 of his colleagues successfully got into the safety of bunkers when his post came under fire n South Lebanon in 1999.
Journal.ie - President signs controversial Defence legislation into law following Council of State meeting - 17 Jul 24
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Journal.ie - President to meet with Council of State to assess if Defence Bill is constitutional - 15 Jul 24
The Bill will preclude the Defence Forces from publicly questioning or commenting on government defence policy.
RTE.ie - Council of State meeting to consider Defence Bill - 15 Jul 24
The Council of State will meet at Áras an Uachtaráin to consider the constitutionality of the Bill
RTE.ie - President calls Council of State meeting to examine Defence Forces bill - 12 Jul 24
The meeting has been organised to examine the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 (file photo)
Journal.ie - Military group accuses Tánaiste of ignoring Defence Bill concerns and causing low morale - 19 Jun 24
Tensions are high between the military representative bodies, the Department of Defence and the Minister for Defence Micheál Martin over the legislation.
Examiner.com - New body to fight for pension rights of retired lower rank Defence Forces personnel - 04 June 24
About 5,000 enlisted personnel have retired from the Defence Forces since 2010 and many have had to endure 'adverse pension arrangements' compared to those existing before the financial crash.
RTE.ie - Defence Forces lose a fifth of personnel in two years, PAC told - 23 May 24
Jacqui McCrum, Secretary General of the Department of Defence, revealed that 1,646 staff left the service in the last two years
TheSun.ie - NUMBERS NEEDED ‘Military must become career choice for men and women’ – Troops’ body opens up on crisis facing Irish Defence Forces - 19 May 24
PDFORRA President Mark Keane addresses how to restore our once-great military
Irishnews.com - Tommie Gorman: How the Irish army has found a way past the Republic’s health waiting lists by crossing the border - 16 May 24
And it cost soldiers just €78 a year
Examiner.com - Insufficient allowances 'stopping soldiers sign up for EU Battlegroups' - 16 May 24
PDforra is calling on the Government to provide 'a fair and reasonable allowance' for those participating in the EU BattleGroup.
Examiner.com - Irishman Lt General Sean Clancy promoted for top EU military job - 16 May 24
Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Sean Clancy, will be promoted is to be made full General, making him the only man of such rank in the country’s military since Eoin O’Duffy in 1924.
Journal.ie - Tánaiste to raise concerns with Lebanese officials over progress in Pte Sean Rooney murder case - 15 May 24
Private Sean Rooney (24) was killed when the UN liveried vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in South Lebanon in December 2022.
TheSun.ie - TARGET IN SIGHT Major warning over new bonus worth thousands needed to recruit 5,000 new soldiers into Defence Forces - 15 May 24
THE Defence Forces can hit the Government's target of adding 5,000 soldiers by 2028, military reps claim.
Northernsound.ie - Tánaiste to speak at conference in Co Cavan today - 15 May 24
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IrishTimes.com - Irish soldiers cross Border to access medical treatment under €1.50-a-week scheme - 14 May 24
‘It took a couple of weeks to get it all sorted,’ says Defence Forces member who travelled to Belfast for procedure amid long waiting lists in Republic