The President and members of the Executive Committee of the Association of Retired Commissioned Officers wish all members of the association and of the Defence Forces, serving both at home and overseas, a very happy Christmas and a contented and peaceful New Year.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Statement by the Minister for Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., on Defence Budget 2012 Re-organisation of the Defence Forces A major re-organisation of the Defence Forces will be initiated arising from the reduction in strength of the Permanent Defence Force to 9,500 personnel. This will include a reduction in the number of Army Brigades from […]
ARCOIreland regrets to inform its members of the death of Captain Thomas Finbarr Drohan, Rathfarnham, Dublin. On Friday, 3 December 2011, peacefully and surrounded by his family. Deeply missed by his wife Eleanor, his sons Paddy, Shay and Finbar, his daughter Bríd, daughter-in-law Jacqueline, son-in-law Colin, nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law and brother-in-law and a wide circle […]