# INDEFENSIBLE DEFENCE FORCE: Neil Michael.

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Podcast: [The Mick Clifford Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mick-clifford-podcast-1186179)
Published: 2026-07-09T19:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

For the last month a defence forces tribunal, that was over two decades in the making, has been hearing shocking evidence about how some officers conducted themselves. Allegations of sexual, physical and psychological abuse have called to mind the kind of army life that might have existed in a colonial force from the nineteenth century. The Irish Examiner’s Neil Michael has been reporting on the evidence and he is this week’s guest on the podcast.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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