PDForra to push for halt to exodus of skilled technicians from Defence Forces

The exodus of highly-skilled personnel leaving the military for better pay in the private sector is one of the big-ticket items at the PDForra conference in Killarney. Picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews

The Government is to be pushed to establish a special review body “as a matter of urgency” to halt the exodus of highly-skilled technicians leaving the military for better pay in the private sector.

The matter is one of the “big-ticket issues” for delegates attending the annual defence force representative body PDForra conference, which gets under way in Killarney today, Tuesday.