Defence Forces tenders for experts to deliver equality training to troops

A landmark report from the Commission on the Defence Forces last year said: “Training should be designed to focus on real-life issues relating to areas of relevance for the Irish Defence Forces, and include relevant scenarios and material,” File picture

The Defence Forces is seeking external consultants to deliver gender, diversity, and unconscious bias training.

Tender documents reveal the training has been commissioned on foot of a recommendation from last year’s landmark report from the Commission on the Defence Forces that unconscious bias training should become mandatory across all ranks of the military.