Ceremonies marking the National Day of Commemoration were led by President Michael D Higgins as he laid a wreath at Dublin’s Collins Barracks.

THE former Fine Gael TD for Donegal North East, Paddy Harte OBE (Letters, February 8) appears to labour under the impression that Irishmen who fought for the British empire during the Great War have been ignored by the Irish state.

A ceremony to honour the Irishmen and women who died in past wars, or on service, is being held in Dublin today.

A ceremony is being held in Dublin today to mark the National Day of Commemoration.

The National Day of Commemoration — on the first Sunday of July each year to remember those Irish who fell during both world wars and on service with the United Nations — is most welcome.

IRELAND’S war dead were honoured at a ceremony in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, yesterday.

To mark the National Day of Commemoration yesterday, President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern participated in the ceremony at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham in memory of all Irishmen and women who died in wars or on service with the UN.

President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will today be among the guests at the National Day of Commemoration for all Irish who died in foreign wars.

THE first-ever national memorial to Irish soldiers who died on duty will be sited in Dublin’s Merrion Square, it emerged today.

The first-ever national memorial to Irish soldiers who died on duty will be sited in Dublin’s Merrion Square, it emerged today.

IRISH people who died in past wars or on United Nations service were remembered in an annual ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Irish people who died in past wars or on United Nations service were today remembered at an annual ceremony in Dublin.

The President, Mary McAleese, will mark Ireland's National Day of Commemoration with a ceremony in Dublin this morning.

THE Somme commemoration in Dublin last Saturday was a dignified, significant and highly symbolic occasion.

An international minute’s silence will be held today to remember the one million victims of the Famine.

Irish people and emigrants abroad should observe a minute’s silence later this month for victims of the Famine, it was claimed today.

The Government must designate an annual day of commemoration to remember the victims of the Famine, it was claimed today.

President Mary McAleese and an Taoiseach Bertie Ahern are to celebrate the National Day of Commemoration today, marking the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

IRELAND’S war dead were remembered amid prayers for peace, justice and strong political leadership during the annual National Day of Commemoration service yesterday.

President Mary McAleese laid a wreath today to commemorate Irish soldiers who served and died in foreign wars and UN peacekeeping missions.

The National Day of Commemoration ceremony takes place in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, in Dublin today.

A ceremony to commemorate Irish men and women who lost their lives on UN service or in past war, takes place in Dublin today.

Irish people, who died in past wars and during service with the United Nations