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irishrgr · 2021-07-05 11:25:27

Saw this in todays IT: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/defence-forces-struggling-to-find-volunteers-for-peacekeeping-missions-1.4611303 I find it an interesting insight into the culture of the Irish military that missions are in doubt due to a lack of volunteers and there is pushback at people being…

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#2432 23-10-2025 12:22AM

sparky42

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Should have fecking joined it long ago, same as we should be investing more on ESA imo. But that doesn't change the fact we are dealing with the departments, paying out of their pocket to fund the DF instead of the UN…
I can easily see them playing the retention crisis and the pending drawn down and keep the troops home, hell play it off as the first step of the 12 month plan.

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