Angry Turkish Cypriots punched and kicked a group of international peacekeepers who obstructed crews working on a road that would encroach on a UN-controlled buffer zone in ethnically divided Cyprus, the UN said on Friday.

Michelle Dunne was just 20 when she first served overseas. She recalls the camaraderie between soldiers and the daily dangers Peacekeepers experience

At Camp Shamrock, 330 Irish troops serve alongside members of the Polish, Hungarian, and Maltese forces as part of the 500-strong Irish-Polish Battalion

The GOAL Mile event, which would usually attract thousands of people at different events all around Ireland, had to be held virtually this year.