Gaps in Defence Forces personnel threatens Ireland's ability to respond to security risks, conference told

The incoming Defence Forces chief of staff Rossa Mulcahy.

A lack of key personnel continues to threaten our country's military capabilities and our ability to respond to today's increasingly challenging security environment, the incoming Defence Forces chief of staff has acknowledged. 

Brigadier General Rossa Mulcahy told delegates attending PDForra’s annual conference that the Defence Forces is working very hard, in a very challenging labour market, to recruit new blood and to retain highly-trained personnel.