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Leader of Jadotville peacekeepers who withstood six-day siege is honoured

The leader of a company of more than 150 Irish UN peacekeepers who held out with few arms against 3,000 highly-trained mercenaries in the heat of the Congo has been honoured.

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‘Europe and America are united by telegraphy’

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Páidi Ó Sé statue appropriately larger than life

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Kingdom introduces ‘Championship rings’

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Island to honour all lost at sea and the crews who search for them

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Scart, a work of art, priceless to Georgian go-getters

Service recalls brave climber

ONE of the last entries in the internet diary of extreme rock climber Michael Reardon simply sums up his feelings for the country: “I may live in California, but my thoughts are always in the place I feel most at home — Ireland.”

Wed, 18 Jul, 2007

Island quarry slate a cut above for Westminster

SLATE from a quarry in Kerry will be used to replace sections of the floors in corridors in the Houses of Parliament, Westminster.

Fri, 19 Mar, 2004