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Post 6 Newsletter Vol 3, Issue 9 Aug 2022
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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…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4, Issue 11 Dec 2024
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Peacekeepers injured in attack on UN helicopter in DRC
Two South African peacekeepers who were serving with the United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) were injured, one seriously, in an attack on a UN helicopter on Friday 2 Feb 2024. The helicopter was carrying out a medical evacuation when it came under fire from presumed members…
Post No 6 Newsletter Vol 4 Issue October 2023
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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…
