Representative Association Of Commissioned Officers

Over-70s, care-home residents and frontline staff set to be vaccinated first in Republic

Plan to be discussed by Ministers today will consider a dozen different population cohorts for first priority group

Garda and military representative groups frustrated at exclusion from pay talks

Current public pay agreement to expire at end of 2020

Defence Force officers’ representative group elects new president

Comdt Luke Foley takes over from Comdt Shane Keogh as head of Raco

‘Different to video games’: Army recruits put through paces post-lockdown

Grenades with 9m ‘kill radius’ and four-second fuses feature in Glen of Imaal training

Irish troops set to return home from Mali despite UN request to extend mission

Army Ranger Wing personnel to return by end of April after State sought exemption on order

Army reservists not fit enough for exercises, says general

‘Physicality of what they were trying to do overwhelmed many,’ says top training officer

Senior officers still flying air ambulance missions as fears for service grow

Emergency Aeromedical Service cut back last year to ease staffing pressures

Naval Service forced to delay mission due to lack of crew

Manpower crisis is affecting service’s ability to tackle drug smuggling, says officers’ group

Air ambulance service ‘on the brink of collapse’

Staffing levels to blame for decline in Defence Forces service, officers conference hears

‘Optimistic figures’ show 7 years for Defence Forces to reach full strength – Raco

Turn-over rate is much higher than Government figures, says military officers group

President Higgins has moral responsibility for Defence Forces welfare

Supreme commander of Defence Forces is clearly troubled by Government handling of pay issue

Higgins appeals for improved pay for Defence Forces

Working conditions of members ought to be ‘exemplary’ in society, says President

Minister denies Naval Service ships sidelined due to staff shortage

LE Eithne and LE Orla out of service for routine maintenance, says Paul Kehoe

Defence Forces staffing crisis creating ‘risk’ at officer level

Turnover rate among personnel is ‘devastatingly high’ Oireachtas committee hears

Numbers leaving Defence Forces ‘putting viability at risk’

Officers’ group says Department of Defence policies were ‘failing the State’

Military officers feels ‘exploited’ over pay and conditions

Representative body argues lack of union rights puts it at disadvantage in pay talks

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