This article by Commandant Michael Geraghty for the Summer 2009 edition of Signal, the journal of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO), Republic of Ireland, is about a Parliamentary Reception in the Palace of Westminster organised by BAFF and sponsored by UK House of Commons Defence Committee member Linda Gilroy MP.

Commandant Michael Geraghty of RACO recently travelled to the UK House of Commons to address a Parliamentary reception, organised by the British Armed Forces Federation (BAFF), which is engaged in an ongoing campaign to gain legal recognition.

The article is a good summary of the contributions by visiting speakers from Denmark and the Republic of Ireland.

Mick Geraghty was RACO's Assistant General Secretary from 2000 to 2009.