PDForra has reacted angrily after some of its Naval Service delegates were refused permission by military management to attend the association's annual delegate conference. News of the issue started to break amongst delegates attending the conference in Tullow, County Carlow on Monday night. Mr Keane, a Petty Officer in the Naval Service, said the non appearance of his colleagues is totally unacceptable: “It is denying representation. "We would have notified military management weeks ago. He said that when PDForra was founded 1990 and still in its infancy, military management would delay the release from duty of delegates so they couldn't attend all of the conference.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 18:00 UTC