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    Ministerial Review – 123 Inf Bn UNIFIL  – 01/11/2023

    By PRO IUNVA An Tánaiste, Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, TD reviewed personnel of 123 Inf Bn at Kilkenny Castle on Tuesday, 31Oct 2023, the unit will shortly deploy to Lebanon for service with UNIFIL. In his address, An Tánaiste had special words for the families of the personnel:  “On…

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    Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue October 2023

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    Maj Gen Maureen O’Brien DSM ̶ Stand-Down

    We congratulate Maj Gen Maureen O’Brien who was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, with Honour at her stand down parade on Friday 13 Oct 2023 at McKee Bks at the end of forty two years service in the Defence Forces.  Gen O’Brien was born in Galway City in 1960 and after she finished her B…

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    First Ministerial visit to UNIFIL 03/10/1978

    Forty five years ago, the first Irish unit to deploy to South Lebanon received a visit from the Minister for Defence Bobby Molloy who was accompanied by Lt Gen Carl O’Sullivan COS, HE Eamon Ó Tuathail Irish Ambassador to Lebanon, Comdt Jimmy Flynn ADC to COS and M Healy Sec DOD. This was the first…

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    NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

    By PRO IUNVA Thirty five years ago, on 29 Sep 1988, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the 1988 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces.  The Nobel Committee announced  “The peacekeeping forces of the United Nations have, under extremely difficult conditions, contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has…

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    Withdrawal of Defence Forces Troops from Mali

    On 7 Sep 2023, personnel from 21 Ircon with the EU Training Mission to Mali (EUTM) received their EUTM MALI service medal from Lt Gen Michiel van der Laan of the Royal Dutch Army who is the Director General European Union Military Staff and Director Military Planning and Conduct Capability.  21Ircon is the final unit…

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    Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 3 August 2023

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    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…

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    Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue 2 June 2023

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    Post 6 Newsletter Vol 4, Issue 1 April 2023

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