Irish Defence Forces 1916 Medal Parade 2016 

Picked a British Army march "saint patrick's day" for an Irish Defence Forces video, bravo.

I served 9 years on the Border between 76/85 in very harsh conditions, never got a medal. They give them out now for simply turning up on the day.

I served 25 years in the Reserve and anyone who served in the Defence Forces should have got that medal

Medal are cheap reward it beats paying proper pay scale

It more in your duty to pay soldiers at the Gardai pay scale. Poor accommodation . Rat infected accommodation.. Poor food. Uniforms one size fits all. Officers who are more concerned about their welfare playing at being officers and gentlemen. In the curragh officers leave their shoes outside their room for soldiers to polish. Their meals are served by soldier waiters in white jackets. It has been know for officers in in the fields to have tables with white table cloth in the middle of a field served by waiters in white jackets. Soldiers get a dish of soup and Sandwiches

It's just like one of the ones that ONE give themselves. A medal should be for something earned. Why does that Cav officer have her decorative lanyard on her right shoulder?

What a joke . I think most Irish service personnel felt that about this medal. There should have been a stipulation like the queens jubilee medal in the uk for example you had to have served 5 years or more, that would have made it more special , but banging out medals to everyone is just stupid and devalues the gong