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Opinion: Defence Commission cannot be allowed to fail Security is the bedrock on which our society’s cultural, social and economic achievements are built, yet Ireland’s vulnerability is stark 30th December, 2020 ‘Currently we have just over 8,100 fully trained personnel on our books, which is 85 per cent of our minimum designed strength, before we even look at the 600 personnel deployed overseas’. Picture: Rollingnews.ie Facing into an uncertain post-Brexit future, in the throes of a devastating pandemic, just as we are about to assume our seat on the United ...

RACO welcomes review of Defence Forces Updated / Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 10:12 A review of the Defence Forces was announced yesterday The general secretary of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers in the Defence Forces, Conor King, has described a newly-announced independent review of the Defence Forces as "a once in a generation opportunity to re-imagine defence and security". Yesterday, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney announced that Government had approved the establishment of an independent Commission on the Defence Forces. Mr King told RTÉ's Mor...

Pay rises of over 3% for senior nurses proposed by expert group Moves would be aimed at restoring differentials in place before strike settlement Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 01:02 The Government is under pressure over demands by trade unions and the Opposition to pay student nurses in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photograph: iStock Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   Hundreds of nurses in more senior grades would receive special pay increases of just over 3 per cent under new proposals put forwar...