Leinster Express - Laois Kildare TD welcomes thousands of medals for Garda Centenary Independent TD Cathal Berry, representative for Portarlington and Killenard, welcomes next year's centenary commemoration of An Garda Síochána which will see thousands of medals and coins minted and presented to ...

Radio interview with Kieran Cuddihy on Newstalk this week to discuss the retention crisis in Óglaigh na hÉireann / Irish Defence Forces

Independent TD Cathal Berry for Kildare South, the former Deputy Commander of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW), has been speaking out about the National Cyber Security Centre following the cyber attack on the HSE and the Department of Health. Deputy Berry commented ‘Our capability is improving but it ...

RTÉ Six-One News speaking in relation to the recent cyber attack on the HSE and the Department of Health. ‘This is a criminal attack from a small criminal entity, if this was a full-on military-grade state-on-state attack we’d be looking at much more serious consequences downstream

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.