Air Corps report ‘not available’ to reviewer

An official tasked with reviewing whistleblower allegations of chemical exposure within the Air Corps was not given access to the Defence Forces’ own report on the claims, the Government has confirmed.

The Irish Examiner previously reported how an internal Air Corps report cast doubt over whether all appropriate safeguards were taken to protect workers from exposure, and speculated staff may have ingested harmful chemicals through food that could, potentially, have been contaminated.

Six former Air Corps staff are suing the State, claiming their exposure to chemicals while in the Defence Forces caused cancers and other chronic illnesses they now suffer.