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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
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My Charlie Bird Story
I was saddened to hear that Charlie Bird, the former RTE journalist, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease and I thought back to an encounter I had with him some twenty six years ago in the town of Shaqra in South Lebanon. In 1995, Shaqra was the second most important town in the Irish…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4, Issue 11 Dec 2024
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De Facto Forces Attack on UNIFIL HQ Naqoura South Lebanon On 12 Apr 1980
By PRO IUNVAWhen the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was being established in Mar 1978, the Force HQ was set up in Naqoura as a “temporary” HQ, some UN documents refer to it as a Tactical HQ. The military advice at the time was to locate the HQ in the Lebanese Armed Forces barracks…
40th Anniversary – Killings at Derrada Woods – Ballinamore, Co Leitrim
On 24 Nov, 1983, Don Tidey who was the managing director of the Quinnsworth supermarket group was kidnapped by PIRA close to his home in South Co Dublin. A nationwide search was undertaken by An Garda Síochána supported by Óglaigh na hÉireann operating in aid to the civil power. In mid Dec 1983 the search…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 3 August 2023
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