In an ideal situation, the government would look at buying two or three large areas of land that are well serviced by motorways, and have varied terrain, and build bases. One per brigade, keep the DFTC and move the lot to central locations. IIRC, there's a piece of EU legislation dealing with having military outposts in urban centers, so in the medium term, we may be forced towards this anyway.
With the way that property prices are going, Bricins and the Brugha would be valuable locations for property development and Baldonnel would be in high demand as a second commercial airport for Dublin. Also the savings on logistics etc would be massive over a few years, and consolidating units to larger new locations would mean better and more modern facilities that are fit for purpose, it must cost the DF a fortune maintaining and upgrading buildings that are mostly from the 1800's.
With the way that property prices are going, Bricins and the Brugha would be valuable locations for property development and Baldonnel would be in high demand as a second commercial airport for Dublin. Also the savings on logistics etc would be massive over a few years, and consolidating units to larger new locations would mean better and more modern facilities that are fit for purpose, it must cost the DF a fortune maintaining and upgrading buildings that are mostly from the 1800's.
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