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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 12 Feb 2023
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25th Anniversary of Rescue 111 Crash at Tramore
By PRO IUNVA TRAMORE CRASH 2 JUL 1999 Today on the twenty fifth anniversary of their deaths we remember Capt Dave O’Flaherty (30), Capt Mick Baker (28), Sgt Pat Mooney (34) and Cpl Niall Byrne (25) who lost their lives Dauphin DH248 helicopter, Rescue 111 crashed at Tramore Co Waterford. At 2202, the crew was…
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…
Visit of An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD
From PRO IUNVA On Wednesday 19 Jun 2024, An Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin TD visited IUNVA HQ in Arbour Hill, Dublin. During his visit he laid a wreath in memory of those who died on overseas service. He paid special tribute to the DF personnel who served in the United Nations Operation…
Annual Memorial Service at UN New York 6 June 2024
A ceremony was held at UN HQ New York on 6 Jun 2024 to remember the 188 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2023. The dead came from 37 countries and were working in 18 different UN agencies or missions as military, police or civilian…
First Chaplin to the Defence Forces to Serve Overseas
By PRO IUNVA This article recalls the service of the first DF chaplain who deployed on overseas service with the United Nations in Jul 1960. Fr Cyril Patrick Crean was known as Fr Paddy and he was ordained in Rome in 1933. He worked in Harold’s Cross in Dublin before he joined the British Army…
