On 10 Jan 1987, Cpl Dermot McLoughlin was killed while serving with C Coy, 60 Inf Bn UNIFIL when a UN position in Brashit village (also spelt Baraachit) was hit by three rounds of tank fire fired by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) from Brashit compound, known as Charlie Compound. The IDF commenced firing from…
In this article we remember the killing of 28 year old Sean Devereaux on 2 Jan 1993 while working for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Somalia. It serves to remind us of the dangers faced by civilian UN personnel in conflict zones. Sean Devereux was born on 25 Nov 1964 to…
When I first read of John Gorman’s story, it was in disbelief and with a heavy heart. When I met John a few weeks ago that disbelief turned to awe and admiration as in front of me sat a gentle and humble man who has spent a lifetime fighting for his friends and his colleagues…
IRISH UN VETERANS HONOURED IN KILLARNEY JUNE 4th 2019 Minister for Defence Paul Kehoe pictured after accepting the Mons Hugh O’Flaherty Humanitarian Award 2019 on behalf of the Defence Forces in St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Killarney on Tuesday evening. Also in photo are Mayor of Killarney Niall Kelleher, Jim Casey, Chairman, IUNVA, Major General…
On Thursday 28th February 2019, at a ceremony at the Irish Embassy in London, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, Chief of Staff Defence Forces presented the UN Peacekeepers Medal and the Jadotville Medal to Sean Tiernan, a London based Irish Veteran. Sean served as a seventeen and a half year old Corporal in the Congo…
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