A man who lost his father, after the IRA killed Remembrance Sunday worshippers, marked the 25th anniversary of the attack by appealing for no return to violence.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Queen's "healing" visit to Ireland.

A leading Irish nationalist today became the first leader of her party to wear the poppy on Remembrance Sunday.

TONY Blair is donating all the profits from his forthcoming memoirs to a new sports centre for injured troops, it emerged.

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.

THE bodies of three British soldiers killed in blasts in Afghanistan arrived back at a military base yesterday.

A MYSTERY punter could present the British Legion with a cheque for £2.75 million if his selection can win the Racing Post Chase at Kempton today.

Bookies are taking bets on who will be Christmas number one – but banning the X-Factor winner from contention.

THE differences between soldiers from unionists and nationalists backgrounds fighting in World War I were set aside for a common good, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told a commemorative event yesterday.

A MEMORIAL to 131 soldiers from a Cork town, who died in WWI, is to be unveiled on Sunday by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

I WISH to congratulate you on your anniversary review of the Battle of the Somme (Irish Examiner, June 27-29).

GROWING speculation that the IRA will prevaricate and refuse to disband when it issues its anticipated statement has given rise to grave concern — and rightly so.

A LIMERICK seaman who lost his life when serving with the merchant navy during World War II will finally be honoured on Sunday.

Flower wreaths adorned the tomb of an Irishman who fought alongside South American independence hero Simon Bolivar as Irish descendants and admirers held a ceremony yesterday to remember the foreigner who helped Venezuela win independence from Spain.

NO more than a dozen Irishmen from the South who served with the British Army on D-Day have so far come forward to declare they will return to Normandy for the 60th anniversary celebrations in two weeks.

Irish veterans of World War II are to be offered the chance to revisit the battlefields where they served under a scheme funded by the British Lottery.

Detectives investigating the suspicious death of a retired fire officer today revealed he had suffered internal injuries.