Swallows await results of report

The Department of Defence said it will make no decision on the future of the Air Corps display team, the Silver Swallows, until…

The Department of Defence said it will make no decision on the future of the Air Corps display team, the Silver Swallows, until a comprehensive review of the force is completed later this year.

Following speculation that a number of the unit's elderly aircraft were being taken out of commission, the Department said there were "no plans to disband the Silver Swallows".

A spokesman confirmed that there was "no question of any major decision" until a Price Waterhouse review of the Air Corps and Naval Service was completed. The study is expected to be finished before the end of the year.