Defence Forces role for former hurler

A double All-Ireland hurling winner who recently took command of the Army’s 1 Brigade at Collins Barracks, Cork, has been appointed Defence Forces deputy chief of staff.

Defence Forces role for former hurler

Major General Kieran Brennan, who won senior hurling medals for Kilkenny in 1982 and 1983, will take over the deputy chief of staff operations after the Cabinet approved his promotion yesterday.

Maj Gen Brennan, who is a native of Jenkinstown, Co Kilkenny, was commissioned as an officer in the infantry corps in 1977 and quickly rose through the ranks.

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