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
If approved by Government, the decision will allow Raco to participate in public pay talks
Three ageing vessels may be gifted to friendly nation, scrapped or sold
Military representatives give commission’s reform and funding proposals cautious welcome
No event to honour National Army but those who fought in first World War are celebrated
‘A case of moving the deckchairs around on the Titanic,’ says one senior officer
Representative Association for Commissioned Officers’ (Raco) to explore joining Ictu
The highly-trained unit is beset by frustration over pay and conditions
Committee hears cadets planning their exits immediately after joining
Chair of new reform body tells Oireachtas committee it will not address overtime
Representative body argued cadets were among lowest paid Defence Forces personnel and ‘had been taken advantage of during pandemic’
About a dozen pilots to share €25,000 in retrospective payments
New figures are evidence of ‘abject failure’ by department, says Fianna Fáil TD
Commission will examine forces’ future but many within military fear its scope is limited
Current public pay agreement to expire at end of 2020
RACO says contract with private sector has cost €367m over recent years
‘Immediate and significant intervention’ is required to save the Defence Forces, says officers body
‘Physicality of what they were trying to do overwhelmed many,’ says top training officer
Emergency Aeromedical Service cut back last year to ease staffing pressures
Manpower crisis is affecting service’s ability to tackle drug smuggling, says officers’ group
New graduates in cybersecurity and forensics, engineering, nautical science left
Mixed results for Defence Forces retention schemes as strength continues to decline
Credit worth €1,270 a year announced for sailors who spend 80 days or more at sea
Warnings service under threat because of staff retention problems
Staffing levels to blame for decline in Defence Forces service, officers conference hears
President’s unprecedented intervention showed just how serious the position had become
Criticism by defence forces personnel of Paul Kehoe has increased markedly in recent months
Turn-over rate is much higher than Government figures, says military officers group
Supreme commander of Defence Forces is clearly troubled by Government handling of pay issue
LE Eithne and LE Orla out of service for routine maintenance, says Paul Kehoe
Turnover rate among personnel is ‘devastatingly high’ Oireachtas committee hears
Officers’ group says Department of Defence policies were ‘failing the State’
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