PDForra step closer to ICTU affiliation

Rank and file members of the Defence Forces could be on a collision course with the Government and senior military management after the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) announced it would allow their representative association, PDForra, to affiliate with it.

PDForra, which represents 6,500 enlisted members of the army, naval service, and air corps, has welcomed the move as affiliation will allow it to have a voice at the next round of national pay talks.