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DHC4
Haha, the DUP would blow another gasket.
As would Sinn Féin, who oppose investment in the Irish Military or the collaboration of the defence forces with other services around the world
The Irish Defence Forces are officially known as Óglaigh na hÉireann in Irish. The name has historical resonance, being first used by the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the group being formed in response to the Ulster Covenant of 1912 and creation of the armed Ulster Volunteers as a militia to oppose Home Rule. Since the foundation of the State in 1922 every flavour of the IRA has styled itself using the name and even this year there has been elected members of Sinn Féin who have refused to distance themselves from the use of the tile for their ‘comrades’.
WRT patient transfer, the Lear 45, CASA 235's and AW 139's are used and I beleive the PC-12's are or will be.
JAS