Air Corps: Concerns over scope of review of allegations made whistleblowers

Concerns have been raised about the scope of the ongoing review of allegations made by Air Corps whistleblowers. They claimed that staff were unnecessarily exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.

Last month, this newspaper revealed that the Health and Safety Authority threatened legal action against the Air Corps, unless it improved its management of technicians’ exposure to toxic substances.

The report came in October 2016, almost a year after three whistleblowers made protected disclosures to the Government about Air Corps technicians’ exposure to harmful substances.