Coveney considers retaining up to 700 military staff due for retirement 

Ahead of a major Naval Service recruitment drive which starts tomorrow, Defence Minister Simon Coveney is 'looking at' the possibility of retaining up to 700 military personnel who were due to retire at the end of 2022

Ahead of a major Naval Service recruitment drive which starts tomorrow, Defence Minister Simon Coveney is “looking at” the possibility of retaining up to 700 military personnel who were due to retire at the end of 2022.

The staff were set to be forced to leave their posts in December of next year because they were subject to shorter contracts issued by the Department of Defence post-1994.