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# retention crisis

Last month
August 2023
THE MORNING LEAD
Tánaiste declares Naval Service 'not acceptable' and calls for 'radical' recruitment drive
A report by
Niall O'Connor
The Journal revealed on Wednesday that the Irish Naval Service will have just two ships available to go to sea until the new year.
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Aug 26th 2023, 12:05 AM
# irish navy
Irish Naval Service will have just 'two ships full time' to patrol seas for the rest of 2023
The ships available to go to sea will be the LÉ Samuel Beckett and LÉ William Butler Yeats – it is understood a third ship will be on standby.
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Aug 23rd 2023, 8:32 PM
This year
2023
# retention crisis
Irish Navy to use crew from tied-up ship to fill gaps while Ireland partakes in Med mission
The LÉ William Butler Yeats is set to sail to participate in Operation Irini, an EU mission to prevent arms smuggling into war torn Libya.
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May 29th 2023, 8:00 PM
# rank shortage
Garda group calls out failure to recruit gardaí as new intake falls 33% below target for 2023
Statistics released by the Garda Representative Association (GRA) show just 154 recruits entered Templemore yesterday in the latest intake, far short of the 225 target.
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May 16th 2023, 5:28 PM
# pdforra
Filling the ever increasing gaps - inside the Defence Forces retention crisis
The PDFORRA conference is taking place in Trim, Co Meath.
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May 11th 2023, 12:05 AM
# retention crisis
Garda body says members are resigning from the force because of 'bullying and workplace stress'
The Garda Representative Association is meeting in Mayo over the coming days for the annual delegate conference.
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Apr 24th 2023, 6:46 PM
Last year
2022
# RACO conference
'Existential crisis' in Defence as officers' group declare recruitment target unachievable
The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO) are in Naas, Co Kildare for their annual conference.
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Nov 29th 2022, 5:29 PM
# raco
Irish military officer group declares Defence Forces 'moving in wrong direction'
RACO will host Minister for Defence Simon Coveney and military top brass in Naas.
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Nov 28th 2022, 6:30 AM
# Irish Defence Forces
'Ludicrous': Govt departments at loggerheads as date for forced retirement of sergeants looms
The rule means that Sergeants who have joined on post-1994 contracts must resign when they reach the age of 50.
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Oct 26th 2022, 9:11 AM
# Defence Forces
Ex IBM manager: Pay, political neglect and public indifference all to blame for cyber failings
Paul Farrell retired as IBM Ireland’s General Manager last year but also was an officer in the Irish Defence Forces
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Jul 31st 2022, 9:00 AM
# Defence crisis
Naval Service staffing crisis deepens as critical engineers leave for better pay on cruise ships
The Naval Service has fallen to 840 personnel as more signal they wish to leave in the coming months.
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Jun 28th 2022, 11:30 PM
# Defence Forces
Loss of skilled Defence Forces staff due to poor pay 'has left Ireland vulnerable'
Commandant Conor King has written a detailed academic paper which analyses the retention crisis in the Defence Forces.
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Feb 3rd 2022, 4:07 PM
All time
# Navy
Pop up recruitment centre in Dublin tomorrow for Naval Service to find 200 recruits so ships can go to sea
Minister Coveney has admitted that the Naval Service urgently needs 200 new sailors so that ships can sail from their Cork base.
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Jun 25th 2021, 6:05 PM
# retention crisis
'Since I got the letter, it's just silence': Citizenship delays now a 'disincentive' for doctors to stay in Ireland
One doctor described the stress of applying for citizenship and work permits, and the toll it has taken on his personal life.
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Mar 9th 2020, 12:05 AM
# retention crisis
Defence Forces Chief: 'Some great people are making the choice to leave the organisation'
Mark Mellett said he believes the organisation’s challenges will get worse before they get better.
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Sep 24th 2019, 2:50 PM
# retention crisis
Call to restore pre-crash allowances to 'stop members of Defence Forces leaving in droves'
There were 256 discharges in the first four months of 2019.
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Jun 12th 2019, 6:06 PM