Fate of Retained Firefighter in Dunleer Facing Mandatory Retirement Lies in the Hands of Government - 14/05/2026

The fate of a retained firefighter in Dunleer who is facing mandatory retirement within the next three months lies in the hands of the government. The situation faced by Dunleer station officer John Molloy who will turn 62 on May 24 and would, without government intervention, have to retire under the existing legislation, was raised by Louth TD Ruairí Ó Murchú. Deputy Ó Murchú has highlighted how the fate of Mr Molloy, who is the only retained station officer in Dunleer, now rests in the hands of the government and is pleading for an interim solution for the firefighter, who faced this same issue two years ago and fought it at the time also. John, who has spent 18 years as a retained firefighter, having served 22 years in the Defence Forces before that.John Molloy joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.We were also joined by Deputy O Murchú who has been fighting this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.