Contact the Commission on the Defence Forces

The Commission on the Defence Forces is supported by an independent Secretariat. The Secretariat can be contacted by email or post as follows:

You can get in touch with us via Twitter @IRLCoDF.

Read more about our social media policy below.

Twitter policy

The Commission on the Defence Forces presence is managed by the Commission Secretariat info@codf.gov.ie

If you follow us, you can expect Tweets covering some or all of the following:

• press releases will be announced via Twitter in addition to normal distribution channels
• alerts about new content on our website event information
• updates from the Commission

Who we follow

The Commission on the Defence Forces will follow a limited number of government departments/ agencies, relevant office holders, as well as some accounts followed by our audience, or accounts of interest to our followers. The Commission reserves the right to determine whether or not an account should be followed.

Retweets and likes

Retweets and likes are not endorsements of an opinion or comment.

The Commission retweets third parties where they are a government department or office (including international or multilateral government), or a related organisation. Other third parties may only be retweeted in exceptional circumstances and for the direct benefit of our followers. This will be determined by the Commission on a case-by-case basis.

@Tweets/Replies and DMs

The Commission on the Defence Forces welcomes engagement with our tweets, but the best way to get in touch is by emailing info@codf.gov.ie

Failure to engage with a third party tweet should not be viewed as a refusal to comment on a particular issue.

Private/personal details

Please do not include any personal/private information in your tweet or DM to us.

Reporting/blocking

The Commission reserves the right to report the following to Twitter and block the relevant account:

• accounts that impersonate the Commission on the Defence Forces in any way
• abusive or spam tweets

Availability

Our Twitter account may occasionally be unavailable. The Commission on the Defence Forces accepts no responsibility for lack of service due to Twitter downtime.