The Autumn Edition of the Defender Magazine should now be arriving in members homes. A Digital copy is also available to download from the Associations App or FB Group. #FirstToServe #CitizensInUniform @pdforra @defenceforces @PMASMedical

PDFORRA Members please visit your Associations App or FB Group for Information Circular No. 14 of 25- Warning Order- change of address elections #FirstToServe @defenceforces @PMASMedical

Expansion of the PDFORRA Medical Assistance Scheme (PMAS) to Spouses & Partners #FirstToServe #HelpSupportHeal @pdforra @PMASMedical @defenceforces

@pdforra members please visit your Social Media platforms for the following Circulars; Information Circular No 12 of 25 - Election Notice of Deputy General Secretary Information Circular No 13 of 25 - recruitment of Regional Liaison Officer PDFORRA @defenceforces @PMASMedical

PDFORRA Vice President Sandra Daly, Regional Liaison Officer Mark Keane & Naval Regional Representative Brendan Foley manning PMAS PDFORRA and ANSAC stands at the FOCNS challenge on the Naval Base today. @pdforra @PMASMedical @ANSACCU

Vice president Sandra Daly in attendance today at haulbowline to wish congratulations to S/Lt Oisin Anderson and ENS Martin McHale from the 63rd cadet class on their commissioning at the naval base today. #PDFORRA @naval_service @defenceforces @RACO_DF

#PDFORRA members please visit your Associations App or FB Group for Information Circular 10 of 25 -Group AVC-Notice @pdforra @defenceforces

#PDFORRA members please visit your App or FB Group to download a copy of the Spring Edition of the Defender magazine. @pdforra @IRLDeptDefence @defenceforces @PMASMedical @ANSACCU

#PDFORRA members please visit your Associations App or FB Group for Information Circular No 09 of 25 - Extension of date for submission of Nominations for District Elections #FirstToServe #CitizensInUniform @pdforra @defenceforces @IRLDeptDefence @PMASMedical

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The Tánaiste will update the conference on his recent visit to Lebanon, where he raised the case of Private Rooney with both the Lebanese foreign affairs and defence ministers. https://t.co/vwFAALxp0A

"What we are looking for are retention measures such as long service increments and also a specialised review to look at the specialised pay of technicians within the Defence Forces. That is the biggest majority we are losing."

#PDFORRA says the Government needs to go further. "We firmly believe and our National Executive believes they [the Government] haven't done enough," PDFORRA President @_Mark_Keane said. @defenceforces @IRLDeptDefence @pdforra https://t.co/GjDw7YTCQL

A Defence Forces staff association has warned of a flood of personnel leaving the service due to better pay and conditions elsewhere. PDFORRA says the retention crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing the Defence Forces. More on #VMNews.

⁦#PDFORRA Annual Delegate Conference ⁦@Gleneagle_IE⁩ A privilege to host Brigadier General Rossa Mulcahy & President ⁦@pdforra⁩ ⁦@_Mark_Keane⁩ & ⁦⁦@defenceforces⁩ @IRLDeptDefence⁩ delegation this week🇮🇪 @PODglen ⁦@SimonHarrisTD⁩ #LoveKillarney

There is no point having new equipment if the Irish Defence Forces does not have the staff to operate it, the Minister for Defence has said. Read more here: https://t.co/oAC28zqsKN

Here at the Annual Delegate Conference for @pdforra - I spoke to the association’s president Mark Keane.

Skilled, Trained… Gone In Times Like These We Need Our Defence Force Personnel @_Mark_Keane , the President of #PDFORRA lays out the deep crisis facing Ireland’s military to PJ Coogan @defenceforces @IRLDeptDefence @pdforra https://t.co/BZcifuJcUa

Radio Kerry Interview with #PDFORRA President @_Mark_Keane at the opening of the Associations Annual Delegate in Killarney today. @defenceforces @IRLDeptDefence @pdforra https://t.co/Ifr12MaNiF