Event: The Famine

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Lest We Forget the Famine: We need to mark our Holocaust

On this day 72 years ago Soviet troops reached Auschwitz. That army discovered depravities that once seen could never be forgotten. This date was chosen to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in many other countries.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2017

Wreaths laid to commemorate Battle of the Somme in Cork dumped in river

First World War remembrance groups have expressed their disappointment after wreaths laid at a memorial in Cork to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme were dumped into the city’s river.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2016

Defence Forces ‘ready to deploy’ in Mediterranean

Defence Minister Simon Coveney has said the Defence Forces are ready to deploy in the Mediterranean to help with the growing migrant crisis. He has likened the predicament of today’s migrants to those who travelled in the coffin ships that left this country during the The Famine.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2015

Event: The Famine

Lest We Forget the Famine: We need to mark our Holocaust

Wreaths laid to commemorate Battle of the Somme in Cork dumped in river

Defence Forces ‘ready to deploy’ in Mediterranean

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Mick Clifford

Event: The Famine

Lest We Forget the Famine: We need to mark our Holocaust

Wreaths laid to commemorate Battle of the Somme in Cork dumped in river

Defence Forces ‘ready to deploy’ in Mediterranean

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Mick Clifford

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