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09/03/2011
Cabinet Ensures Full Irish-Speaking Battalion
The full retention of the Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa barracks in Renmore has been effectively secured as the outgoing government has signed legislation that ensures a full-strength Irish speaking Battalion in the Irish Army.
In one of his last acts at the Cabinet table, Minister for Defence Éamon Ó Cuív, confirmed the government signed off on an agreement that a full Irish speaking battalion would be maintained under any planned restructuring of the Defence Forces.
Ó Cuív said the government signed off on the commitment at a Cabinet meeting last week, just days after the general election. He commented: “Government made the decision, committing that in any restructuring of the Defence Forces, a full-strength Irish Battallion should be maintained at Renmore.”
There had been fears in the lead-up to the general election that plans were afoot to reduce the personnel at Renmore.
(JG/GK)
In one of his last acts at the Cabinet table, Minister for Defence Éamon Ó Cuív, confirmed the government signed off on an agreement that a full Irish speaking battalion would be maintained under any planned restructuring of the Defence Forces.
Ó Cuív said the government signed off on the commitment at a Cabinet meeting last week, just days after the general election. He commented: “Government made the decision, committing that in any restructuring of the Defence Forces, a full-strength Irish Battallion should be maintained at Renmore.”
There had been fears in the lead-up to the general election that plans were afoot to reduce the personnel at Renmore.
(JG/GK)
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