Sligo Leitrim TD calls for Defence Forces to be provided with pay increases
A Fianna Fail Sligo Leitrim TD has described efforts in recruiting personnel into the Irish Defence Forces similar to filling an empty bucket. Deputy Marc MacSharry says people in the force have been suffering a cost of living crisis for many years which is now further amplified by the…
Taoiseach called to investigate death threat allegations
A local TD is calling for an investigation into an alleged death threat aimed at a member of the Defence Forces by a superior. Sligo/Leitrim Fianna Fail Deputy, Marc MacSharry raised the matter in the Dail with Taoiseach, Micheal Martin. He called on the Taoiseach to immediately contact the Chief…
Local TD ‘shocked and sickened’ by sexual assault revelation in Defence Forces
Independant TD Marian Harkin said she was “shocked and sickened” that women of the Defence forces “had to bare their souls and private lives on national radio to bring about real change.” Speaking in Dail Eireann, Deputy Harkin questioned Minister Coveney and expressed her outrage and anger at the recent…
Defence Forces are ‘undervalued, overstretched’
Members of the Defence Forces are undervalued, overstretched and leaving in droves. That’s acccording to the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, which will appear before an Oireachtas Defence Committee today. RACO says the greatest challenge facing the Defence Forces currently is staffing, with the organsation’s strength at an all time…
Defence Forces personnel from Donegal, Sligo, among those heading for Lebanon
Thirty-six Defence Forces personnel from Donegal and eight from Sligo will be among 347 leaving on a United Nations (UNIFIL) peace-keeping mission in South Lebanon in the coming weeks. The 117 Infantry Battalion will also include four from Cavan, six from Derry, one from Fermanagh and 11 from Roscommon. As…
Sligo councillor raises concerns about spread of Covid-19 among Defence Forces personnel
A Sligo councillor has raised concerns about members of the defence forces in the north west contracting Covid-19 and bringing it back to their families. Solidarity People Before Profit Councillor Gino O Boyle is calling on Sligo County Council to write to the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, to ask…
Sligo Leitrim TD says increase to Defence Forces salary needs to be sped up
A Sligo/Leitrim TD believes an increase in salary for the Defence Forces needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Fianna Fail Deputy Marc MacSharry spoke in the Dail yesterday where the Defence Amendment Bill (2020) was discussed. Topics discussed included rehiring former members in an attempt to fill the…