The percentage of those looking to quit the Defence Forces for better opportunities in the private sector is highest among air corps personnel, with those in the naval service a close second.

The partners of Defence Forces members are holding a 24-hour vigil outside Leinster House.

The head of a military representative association has described as “disgraceful” the failure to pay many young recruits to the Defence Forces for several weeks their pay and allowances.

The Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR), headquartered in Trinity College Dublin, has announced that it has entered into a landmark research partnership with NEC Communication Systems (NCOS), part of Japanese technology giant NEC Group, focused on the emerging area of all-optical networking.