Bush visit to be biggest every Irish security job
22/06/2004 - 12:24:45The Army has stated that the security operation for this weekend’s visit of US President George W Bush will be the largest in the history of the State.
This was revealed at the publication of the Defence Forces annual report for 2003. It said the low-point of the year was the death of Sgt Derek Mooney in a traffic accident in Liberia, where he was on peacekeeping duty.
The annual report revealed that a further 250 personnel left the Defence Forces last year as part of a drive to reduce troop numbers from their current level of 8,000.
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