Officers forced to travel long distances or stay in dirty rooms, conference told

Officers in barracks are sleeping in rooms where there are rat and mice droppings, and when they can not avail of limited living-in accommodation, they have to travel long distances to postings or pay exorbitant rents, a Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (Raco) conference heard today.

And unlike gardaí or members of the fire service, the Defence Forces do not receive a rent allowance, the conference was also told.