The Army’s bands have cost the state 25 million euro since 2018.
The Defence Forces School of Music has three military bands and 100 full-time instrumentalists.
Those who are in army bands have no military training or role outside of a six-week introductory course.
The Irish Daily Mirror reports that state functions accounted for just eight per cent of the 844 events attended by the bands, in the two years prior to the pandemic.
