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Thought you were joking until I opened it and did a CTRL-F.... :-O

Whatever about pitches, best of luck getting from Dublin Airport to Beaumont Hospital by road in 5 minutes...

Didn't see bugger all of any note concerning the RDF which has not been previously floated, with the exception of raising the establishment of the NSR to 300 (still seems pitifully small to me,...

How much is it worth, Dev?

There is that also

Agree with the statement above (bold)
Only way to ensure matching standards is to run this at Bde / All Army level

Where's the document referred to?

Haha, had to go into the comments to see it... nice one... :biggrin:

Sorry, not seeing it

Regrettably, someone in DOD will doubtless try and improve funding in this regard by offsetting elsewhere in the existing budget, i.e. the PDF will end up being deficient somewhere

And that would...

Yep spotted that a couple of weeks ago on their FB page
Interesting....

Good article in the RACO "Signal" magazine (Winter 2020 issue) here on this subject:
https://en.calameo.com/read/0061942696613bd9e1467

Every day's a school day. Did not know that (about the 7 year Reserve commitment)
Is that First or Second Line reserve commitment?
Guessing First Line...

Fancy that... being interested in acquiring a parcel of State land in a prime location in the centre of Dublin, close to bus and rail links

But no mention of WHAT these "... recommendations to better leverage the capabilities of the RDF in their supports to the PDF and to make service in the RDF a more attractive option..." are, then?

Military facility, so probably standard practice
The Google Street view of DOD / DFHQ in Newbridge is similarly blurred

You have me curious... where can I see this?

Well Beaumount Hospital's pad, I believe, is part of the car park now?

Yup. Have to be discharged from the RDF to be enlisted in the PDF

How far is Donegal Airport from Finner? Having a DF detachment there if needed should be feasible?

Think he was D Inf at some point previous, if I'm not mistaken (not his immediately previous appointment)

Saw a photo of an Acting Brig Gen (new) on the DF Flickr page earlier

Excellent post
In answer to some of your points:

1. Rebalance from "teeth to tail"
Agree with this one. The BA Reserve strength is something like 40% CSS
In some roles, thess are provided...

... and has been possible for years
In work, all the door swipe accesses are managed by online tech

Employee goes onto the online portal and selects item he/she wants access for
Fills in...

Read somewhere a figure of €60k being mentioned for an aircraft paint job?
Might have been for an airliner though, can't remember the context