On Wednesday, February 1, 2017, the then taoiseach ended a heated debate about air corps personnel exposure to toxic chemicals with five words. Days previously, the Irish Examiner had published exclusive articles by reporter Joe Leogue exposing allegations around chemical exposure topersonnel in the air corps. Cases against the air corpsAdded to that, litigation against the air corps has snowballed since 2013, when Mr Tobin lodged the first claim. 2024: Complaint made about an air purifier in an air corps hangar made to air corps chiefs. Picture: Joe DunneIn July 2020, senator Gerard Craughwell raised the issue of air corps chemicals exposure in the Seanad.

Source: Irish Examiner March 09, 2026 09:04 UTC