Union takes High Court action in bid to boost pay of elite Army Ranger Wing

PDForra general secretary Gerard Guinan said relative to their counterparts in other armed forces, 'there is a shortfall in the rates of pay that our special forces members earn'. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The association representing enlisted members of Ireland’s special forces has launched a High Court action to force the Department of Defence to increase their remuneration and bring them closer to what other countries pay their elite troops.

PDForra launched the legal action on behalf of members of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW) after it claimed the Department of Defence refused to increase their allowances as recommended by arbitration.