1,400 members quit Defence Forces in last year

More than 1,400 officers and personnel have left the military in the past year, the vast majority of them voluntarily, according to the association representing defence forces officers. Both RACO, which represents officers and PDForra, which represents enlisted personnel, have expressed their frustration at the postponement three times of the publication of the PSPC report.

It’s expected the Cabinet will finally make it public this afternoon. RACO general secretary commandant Conor King said his association made its submission to the PSPC for the need for increased pay and improved conditions to stem the exodus of highly trained personnel from the Defence Forces in February 2018.