Death Overseas of Lieut Col Tom Stapleton (Retd) 27/05/2004 – East Timor

Lt Col Thomas (Tom) Stapleton (Retd) died from natural causes while he was serving as a civilian UN staff member with the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) on 27 May 2004. He was undergoing medical treatment in Ireland when he died surrounded by his family, his wife Margaret, children Noni, Peter…

Murder of Ptes Thomas Barrett and Patrick Derek Smallhorne – 18/04/1980 – Lebanon

By PRO IUNVA This article tells the story of how two Irish peacekeepers, Pte Thomas Barrett and Pte Patrick Derek Smallhorne were murdered in south Lebanon forty two years ago. It was forty years before the killer was brought to justice and this took a protracted campaign by military veterans and the two families. The…

20th Anniversary of Death of SS Peadar Ó’Flarthara in East Timor – 15/04/2002

From PRO IUNVA Twenty years ago on 15 Apr 2002, SS Peadar MacDara Ó Flatharta (21), 8 Irish Component with the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) was accidentally shot. He had been on a three-day patrol in the Fataluro area approximately 3 Km from the Irish base near Taroman village. The twelve…

Deaths – Cpl Heneghan – Ptes Armstrong & Walsh – UNIFIL- 21/02/1989

From PRO IUNVAThe Killings of Cpl Fintan Heneghan, Pte Mannix Armstrong and Pte Thomas Walsh in March 1989 Thirty three years ago, at approximately 0933 hours on 21 Mar 1989, a landmine explosion killed Cpl Fintan Heneghan, Pte Mannix Armstrong and Pte Thomas Walsh all from C Coy 64 Inf Bn, United Nations Interim Force…