Organisation: First Battalion

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Co Down soldier killed in Afghanistan

A soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment who was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan has been named by the UK's Ministry of Defence as Lance Corporal Stephen McKee.

Fri, 11 Mar, 2011

Robinson sends condolences to family of soldier killed in Afghanistan

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has offered his condolences to the family of a soldier from the North who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan.

Mon, 15 Nov, 2010

Bloody Sunday soldier describes coming under fire

A former British soldier today described how he came under fire after entering Derry’s Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

Wed, 12 Mar, 2003

Bloody Sunday: IRA evidence ‘too limited’

A lawyer today challenged whether the Saville Inquiry could ever establish what the IRA did on Bloody Sunday because of a ‘‘paucity’’ of direct evidence from the group during the four years since the inquiry opened.

Tue, 29 Jan, 2002