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    Webb re-elected as PDFORRA president

    Updated: 22:42, Thursday, 08 October 2009
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    Defence - Willie Webb still head of forces' group
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    Willie Webb has been elected for a third three-year term as President of PDFORRA at the group’s annual delegate conference in Carlow.

    Mr Webb has 38 years of service in the Defence Forces, mostly in the Medical Corps.

    He now holds the appointment of Medical Sergeant Instructor. He has served twice overseas, both times in the Lebanon.

    He is a native of Athy, Co Kildare, where he still resides.

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