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The Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (RDFRA) is the representative body for all ranks of the Reserve Defence Forces (RDF) in Ireland.[1]

RDFRA was founded in 1992 and is responsible for representing and furthering the interests of active service members of the Irish Reserve Defence Forces, which is made up of the Army Reserve (AR) and Naval Service Reserve (NSR).[2] Membership is open to all officer and other ranked personnel of the Irish RDF.[3] Funding comes from government subvention and annual membership deductions.[4]

The RDFRA National Office is located in Clarke Barracks at the Defence Forces Training Centre (DFTC) in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare.[5]

Person Of Interest


Neil Richardson - President
Richard Murphy - Secretary Fcoy 3rd BN

See also

Cabinet


<pr> NEC members Mr Richard Murphy(3 Inf Bn) - 3 Inf Bn - F Coy Secretary Mr Patrick Mulley (1 BAR) – Chairperson Mr Eugene Gargan (2 Bde HQ) – Vice-Chairperson Mrs Marie Quaid (1 Bde Tpt Coy) – PRO Mr John Quinn (28 Inf Bn) – Treasurer Mr Christy Bourke (RDFTE) – Member Mr Allen Cox (1 ACS) – Member Mr Tomas Gilmartin (28 Inf Bn) – Member Mr Denis Harrington (1 BAR) – Member Mr John Leahy (12 Inf Bn) – Member Mr Robert Gilbey (27 Inf Bn) – Member Mr James Scanlon (LUNSR) – Member General Secretary, RDFRA National Office Mr Neil Richardson (6 Inf Bn) - neil.richardson@rdfra.ie Bde Committees 1 S Bde Committee 2 E Bde/DFTC Committee 4 W Bde Committee NSR Committee (Please note, DFR S7 is currently still in the process of being revised by the Dept of Defence. When this revision is approved, the RDFRA committees will be amended to reflect the current RDF structure). Unit/Sub-Unit representatives 1 Bde 1 Bde HQ 1 Inf Bn C Coy 1 Inf Bn D Coy 1 Inf Bn E Coy 3 Inf Bn C Coy 3 Inf Bn D Coy 3 Inf Bn E Coy 3 Inf Bn F Coy 12 Inf Bn C Coy 12 Inf Bn D Coy 12 Inf Bn E Coy 12 Inf Bn F Coy 1 BAR No 4 Bty 1 BAR No 5 Bty 1 Bde Cav Sqn (RDF) 1 Bde CIS Coy (RDF) 1 Bde Tpt Coy (RDF) 1 Bde MP Coy (RDF) 1 Bde Fd Engr Coy (RDF) 1 Bde CMU Det (RDF) 2 Bde 2 Bde HQ 6 Inf Bn C Coy 6 Inf Bn D Coy 6 Inf Bn E Coy 7 Inf Bn C Coy 7 Inf Bn D Coy 7 Inf Bn E Coy 27 Inf Bn C Coy 27 Inf Bn D Coy 27 Inf Bn E Coy 28 Inf Bn C Coy 28 Inf Bn D Coy 28 Inf Bn E Coy 2 BAR No 4 Bty 2 BAR No 5 Bty 2 Bde Cav Sqn (RDF) 2 Bde CIS Coy (RDF) 2 Bde Tpt Coy (RDF) 2 Bde MP Coy (RDF) 2 Bde Fd Engr Coy (RDF) 2 Bde CMU Det (RDF) DFTC/DFHQ Military College/RDFTE/DFHQ (RDF) 1 Armd Cav Sqn (RDF) 1 Mech Inf Coy (RDF) NSR Cork Unit NSR Dublin Unit NSR Limerick Unit NSR Waterford Unit NSR

References

  1. ^ "RDFRA". Reserve Defence Force Representative Association. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Green Paper Submission: "The Reserve And The Single Force Concept"". Robert Gilbey, Dept. of Defence. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Representative Organisations – Irish Defence Forces". Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Ireland (ODF). Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association". Small Firms Association (SFA). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Contact Us". RDFRA. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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