Department of Defence has agreed to pay some allowances but frustrations continue
Since the Defence Forces committed troops to the EU Battlegroup, just 40 per cent of 182 positions have been filled voluntarily. Photograph: Alan Betsoncontinues to face an uphill struggle to recruit enough troops for the new EU Battlegroup, which is due to begin operations next year.
It will act in support of UN-authorised missions and will also be deployed to aid humanitarian crises and support existing peacekeeping missions that face heightened difficulties.The husband and wife medics working to spread reliable parenting truths to counter the online noise‘My wife is a fantastic woman, my soulmate and an incredible mother, but our marriage is sexless’
This is because the troops will be primarily based in Ireland, only travelling abroad for training exercises and if the Battlegroup is activated for operations. Senior officers appointed to lead the Irish contingent will get no allowances whatsoever under Department proposals. Some of this equipment is due to be shipped home from Syria next month as the Defence Forces winds down its commitment to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Syrian-Israeli border.
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