Byrne finally worked exclusively for the new Irish service after 1969.
Revenue is collected by An Post, the Irish postal service.
This occurred some 52 years after the writer's famous criticism of the Irish postal service.
The army bought 4 Scorpions each year from 1980-1982 plus 2 more in 1985 bringing the total in Irish service to 14.
The type was not popular in Irish service.
It was the successor to a previous regiment raised by Charlemont in 1694 for Irish service.
Kelly joined the Irish civil service as a messenger boy at the age of 15.
I also congratulate Ambassador Anderson and the Irish civil service.
His father was in the Irish political service.
In 1974 he joined the Irish diplomatic service.