Radio Interview with Seán Defoe on Newstalk FM this week to discuss the Covid-19 Vaccination Rollout, Restrictions and Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. I also raised the possibility of creating two streams to the vaccination rollout which I believe could work well. This would allow us to ...

Radio interview with Claire Byrne today to discuss the new Mandatory Hotel Quarantine system and the role the Defence Forces will play.

I am a Veteran - Delighted to join ONE Ireland (Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel) with their new campaign, highlighting the many skilled and diverse group of veterans in Ireland & showcasing members who are making a difference in their communities and across Irish and ...

We’re making positive progress with the vaccination rollout but the major issue at the moment is vaccine supply. The focus now should be to maximise the number of vaccines we can get into the country. It’s the job of the Government now to ensure more vaccines and get them from shelf to shoulder ...

The Reserve Defence Forces would have been great for contact tracing, testing and so many other tasks. In particular, they should have been mobilised to augment their PDF colleagues by doing barrack duties. It certainly is a missed opportunity that they have not been called on to assist throughout ...

Clip from RTÉ’s The Week in Politics today in relation to the Commission on the Defence Forces. There are two key problems facing our Defence Forces; the persistent low pay issue and the dysfunctional, unequal relationship between the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. These ...

It’s high time that the RDF is called on to augment their PDF colleagues. We need to mobilise the RDF to do Barrack duties and camp security to allow our troops to get some downtime due to short numbers and prepare for deployments and operations. The Garda Reserves are being used throughout ...

Radio Interview on RTÉ Drivetime with Cormac Ó hEadhra to discuss the potential role of the Defence Forces in assisting with mandatory quarantining in hotels.

Great to catch up with Steven Miller on the LaoisToday podcast. Good discussion about the Defence Forces, life as a TD, plans for the Portarlington area & the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. Listen here Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pR6cLj Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3twA3eg

Short clip from The Week in Politics today in relation to a complete ban on non-essential international travel into Ireland, PCR tests pre-flight at the point of embarkation and the use of the Defence Forces for border control.

I was on the Week in Politics this week on RTÉ One TV. I gave a quick update on Ireland’s mass vaccination programme. Ireland’s success in suppressing the virus has not occurred by chance. We have embraced science & enlightenment throughout and we can now reap the rewards.     ...

Radio Interview on Newstalk this morning along with Ger Alley, General Manager of The Heritage Hotel in Killenard discussing the new restrictions here in Kildare, Laois and Offaly.