President criticised on pay for Defence Forces

Government ministers take issue with Higgins over ‘political matters’

President criticised on pay for Defence Forces
Fri, 13 Sep, 2019 - 08:13

By Daniel McConnell, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, and Elaine Loughlin

Government ministers have described comments by President Michael D Higgins that members of the Defence Forces should have sufficient incomes as “deeply unhelpful”.

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