Irish Examiner View: Gaps in the ranks

The defence forces have at least a thousand positions to fill to reach even minimum recommended numbers

Defence Forces on an exercise in Dublin. They need new recruits to reach minimum staffing levels.

Heads of recruitment frequently like to proclaim that people are their company’s greatest asset and there will be opportunities a-plenty to demonstrate that they mean it in the next 12 months.

The latest organisation to grapple with the modern challenge of too many jobs available for too few candidates are the Defence Forces where financial incentives to sign up have failed to staunch an outflow of departees.