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Army numbers at Renmore Barracks are set to increase by almost 180 personnel following the announcement of the reorganisation of the Defence Forces.

The future of Custume Barracks is uncertain as the headquarters for the 4th Western Brigade came under question this week as Minister for Defence, Alan Shatter, failed to give a definite answer on which brigades will be kept on under a new two-brigade structure.

In a spirited speech in Dáil Éireann this week, Deputy Ann Phelan, defended the retention of James Stephen's Army Barracks in Kilkenny "as a strategic regional Army presence in the southeast".