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
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.
The maximum retirement age for members of the Defence Forces, firefighters, and prison guards is being raised from 60 to 62 from today.
Defence Minister Micheál Martin and Irish Defence Forces chief of staff Lieutenant General Seán Clancy. Photo: Niall Carson/PA
PDForra general secretary Gerard Guinan said previous complaints about assaults, bullying and harassment were allegedly not dealt with satisfactorily by military management.
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
Other members forced out after trying to raise issues through Army complaints process
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.
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The Bill will preclude the Defence Forces from publicly questioning or commenting on government defence policy.
The Council of State will meet at Áras an Uachtaráin to consider the constitutionality of the Bill
The meeting has been organised to examine the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 (file photo)
Tensions are high between the military representative bodies, the Department of Defence and the Minister for Defence Micheál Martin over the legislation.
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.
Jacqui McCrum, Secretary General of the Department of Defence, revealed that 1,646 staff left the service in the last two years
PDFORRA President Mark Keane addresses how to restore our once-great military
And it cost soldiers just €78 a year
PDforra is calling on the Government to provide 'a fair and reasonable allowance' for those participating in the EU BattleGroup.
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.
Private Sean Rooney (24) was killed when the UN liveried vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in South Lebanon in December 2022.
THE Defence Forces can hit the Government's target of adding 5,000 soldiers by 2028, military reps claim.
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