Continuing "business as usual" in the Defence Forces will leave Ireland without a credible military capability to protect the country, its people and its resources for any sustained period, a report has warned.
The Commission on the Defence Forces considered the Irish army's capabilities, structures and staffing, in a report published on Wednesday.
The commission members spent more than 13 months compiling the report, and received 480 submissions and spoke to 1,000 Defence Forces personnel of all ranks.
