A group representing military officers has said that the Defence Forces is in an 'existential crisis' and warned that the recruitment target of 11,000 cannot be met.
Image: Irish Defence Forces A GROUP REPRESENTING military officers has said that the Defence Forces is in an “existential crisis” and warned that the recruitment target of 11,000 cannot be met.
“I hope that your Departmental officials will brief you on the motions that have been debated here today – you will recognise every single one of them,” he said. “We can only come to the sad conclusion now that what we see as an existential crisis for many reasons…does not register on the list of priorities at the cabinet table. And that is not our fault, but it is our problem,” he added.
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney, DOD General Secretary Jacqui McCrum and Lt Gen Sean CLancy at the RACO conference. Source: Niall O'Connor/The JournalCoveney deviated from his speech script during his address to the conference and appealed to RACO to work with him as the Department works through the change programme.
“And we all have to start generating a narrative that is positive in terms of what is happening within the defense forces, in order to attract a new generation of young person who wants to be part of that transformation and change and ambition into the future,” he said. Clancy also said that Irish Defence Forces would expand their involvement in the European Battlegroup and that two officers and one enlisted member would serve in a training mission of Ukrainian soldiers.The Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has secured agreement from the Cabinet today for Iarnród Éireann to order 90 new battery-electric train carriages from Alstom before Christmas this year, for delivery in 2026, in a major boost for public transport in Ireland.
Minister Ryan commented: “I am delighted that the Cabinet agreed today to the purchase of 90 new battery-electric train carriages for arrival in 2026. This comes on top of the 41 intercity carriages currently arriving into Ireland as well as the 95 carriages approved by Government last year for the DART+ Programme. This Government is continuing to do more to transform our rail and public transport systems than any other in decades.
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