Charity to set up support centres for veterans

A charity is to set up a number of support centres to help former soldiers, sailors and aircrews.

The Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (ONE) also wants the Government to carry out a survey on the number of ex-members of the Defence Forces who are sleeping rough, amid fears they lost homes due to poor pensions and relationship break-ups.

ONE chief executive Ollie O’Connor said 10 of the veteran support centres (VSCs) will be in barracks thanks to an agreement reached with the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence.