Trainee officers earn €493.45 per week, compared to €540.05 for an enlisted recruit. File photograph: Collins
Trainee military officers earn substantially less than the minimum wage and are long overdue for a pay rise, Tánaiste Simon Harris is to be told today.
According to the Representative Association for Commissioned Officers (Raco), Defence Forces cadets receive the lowest pay in the military, about 41 per cent less than their enlisted counterparts at the same stage of their
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