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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 11 Dec 2022
Post No 6, Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 11 Click for Article Below is the content in audio format
Operation Morthor in Elisabethville Congo 13 – 21 September 1961
In this article we look at the killing of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company 35 Infantry Battalion in action during Operation Morthor and the first Irish personnel who were captured by the Gendarmerie Trooper Edward Gaffney Today we remember the 60th anniversary of the death of Trooper Edward Gaffney, C Company, 35 Infantry Battalion…
Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
The Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA) was formed at a meeting on the 10th Feb 1990 when a group of personnel led by Maj Gen Vincent Savino (Retd) and currently President of (IUNVA) identified a need to look after Veterans and their families who had fallen on hard times and where in some instances…
Mass Murder UN Peacekeepers in the Congo April 1961
From PRO IUNVA Mass Murder of UN Peacekeepers in the Congo in April 1961. Sixty one years ago, in Apr 1961, the UN suffered heavy casualties in a murderous rampage by members of the Armed Forces of the Central Congolese Government. On 28 April 1961, ONUC suffered its highest number of fatalities in single event…
DF Chaplains visit to IUNVA HQ 23 Jan 2024
IUNVA welcomed members of the Chaplaincy Service to Arbour Hill on Tuesday 23 Jan 2024. IUNVA members attended mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill, in memory of chaplains who have passed away, the mass was celebrated by Fr. Des Campion SDB CF Naval Service. Fr. Paschal Hanrahan HCF laid a wreath…
20th Anniversary of Deadly Attack on UN HQ in Iraq
By PRO IUNVA A commemoration ceremony was held on 19 Aug 2023 to mark the 20th anniversary of the truck bomb attack on 19 Aug 2003 on the UN Headquarters at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq that killed 22 people including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello…
