Current Defence Forces' capabilities leaves State without credible protection - report
Maintaining the current Defence Forces' capacity, or "business as usual", will leave the country without a credible military capability to protect Ireland, its people and resources for any sustained period, according to a new report.
The Commission on the Defence Forces report into the capabilities, structures and staffing of the Defence Forces has been published today.
In it, the commission said that the scale of change recommended would be "challenging and far-reaching".
It said the Defence Forces would need time and space to transform and modernise, but that "change is essential and implementation cannot be long-fingered" and that it needs to be "pursued relentlessly" and needs strong external and parliamentary oversight.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0209/1278774-defence-force-report/