Decline of Defence Forces 'becoming irreversible'

Conor King, General Secretary, Representative Association of Commissioned Officers.

The decline of the Defence Forces may be “becoming irreversible” if necessary steps are not taken, an Oireachtas committee is set to hear.

The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (Raco) is expected to tell the Oireachtas Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs today that various reviews have “touched on the root cause” of the malaise within the Defence Forces “without actually addressing it”.