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Fifty-three years ago, Japan’s most famous writer took a short sword and sliced open his abdomen, disemboweling himself. As prescribed by the ancient ritual of seppuku, his second was standing by to slice off his head at the same time; it ultimately took three strokes of the blade. Yukio Mishima, no.
The Defence Forces recruitment crisis has been well publicised, but at €3 a week for a bed in a barracks, and €40 for food, cheap accommodation may be one weapon to help attract new recruits, writes Sean O’Riordan, Defence Correspondent