RACO has contacted ARCO to say they have been informed by LAYA, with whom they operate their group health insurance scheme, that the scheme underwriters (AXA) are no longer willing to support the 10% discount for their members and have reduced it to 3%. The RACO group scheme ID is 26290. This took effect on […]
An Army Ranger Wing Association (ARWA) five-member team has just travelled to Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, the last land before the extensive fields of polar ice which stretch to the North Pole and beyond. Their purpose is to raise funds for the Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel (ONE). As ARCO members […]
On Wednesday, 25th March 2026, ARCO met with the Minister for Defence, Helen McEntee TD, and Department of Defence officials at Trinity House, Dublin. ARCO was represented by its President, Major-General Maureen O’Brien, Captain (NS) Dave Barry, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Kirke. ARCO expressed its appreciation for its access to the Minister and gave a short […]
For the information of members, the Defence Forces Tribunal has given notice that it will commence public hearings on Wednesday, 3 June 2026 at 1000 hrs. The notice has been published on the Tribunal’s website (https://www.toidf.ie/) and may be accessed at: https://www.toidf.ie/app/uploads/2026/03/NOTICE-OF-COMMENCEMENT-OF-PUBLIC-HEARINGS.pdf
Many ARCO members will know Lieutenant-Colonel Walter (Wally) Hunt, a member of our association. After commissioning Wally began his military career in the Equitation School and followed this with appointments in the Supply and Transport Corps and with 2 Infantry Brigade. In Defence Forces Headquarters he served in Military Finance and in Operations Section. Overseas […]
This is the LINK to ONE’s Christmas Newsletter 2025 which will be of interest to all ARCO members. The Newsletter provides an update on its Veteran Homes, Veteran Support Centres and Officers, its Mental Health Support System and its Strategic Plan (ONE75). The Newsletter also contains the contact details of the principal mental wellbeing support […]
Our website posting of 9th December 2025 refers (https://arcoireland.com/defence-forces-information-notice-toidf/). A further communication has been received by ARCO from the Defence Forces Liaison & Coordination Office for External Oversight Body & Tribunal of Inquiry as follows: Further to our recent e mail to you containing an internal notice for DF members concerning the Tribunal of Inquiry […]
The following communication has been received by ARCO from the Defence Forces Liaison & Coordination Office for External Oversight Body & Tribunal of Inquiry: I have been asked by the Chief of Staff to share our internal Defence Forces Notice regarding attending the DF Tribunal of Inquiry with you for your information and awareness. Attendance […]
On 13th November 2025 ARCO received the following communication from the Office of Veteran Affairs, Support Services & Veteran Affairs Branch of the Department of Defence: As you are no doubt aware, the Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry has recently made Disclosure Orders against the Minister for Defence and the Chief of Staff. I thought […]
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