Tom Kenny, a survivor of the Niemba massacre in the Congo in 1960, has died. Former trooper Tom Kenny, of Ballyfermot, Dublin, with Joe Fitzpatrick, became well known after he survived the ambush at Niemba in the Congo in November 1960.

Far from being a mystery, as the Irish government claimed at the time, the Irish troops were seen by rebels as upholding the colonial interests of Belgium, responsible for mass atrocities in the region, writes Sean O'Riordan