Soldiers will know by mid-November the number to leave Collins Barracks

By mid-November it will become clear how many soldiers will have to leave Collins Barracks, Cork, for other barracks as part of a Defence Forces’ rationalisation plan.

Fears had been expressed that disbandment of the 4th Inf Batt would force over 80 troops to join other infantry units based in Galway, Kilkenny or Limerick.

However as Oireachtas Justice, Defence and Equality Committee members visited Cork yesterday it appeared the fallout might not be so severe. Many of the infantry may be retained to fill vacancies in cavalry and artillery units based in Cork.