Irish veterans mark D-Day

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 who took part in the landings were invited to apply to join a flotilla of ships making the journey across the English Channel on June 6.

But more than a month after the launch here of the British National Lottery-funded Heroes Return scheme, the British Legion said yesterday about a dozen had contacted its Dublin offices. There is still time for veterans to contact the office, district administrator Pam Alexander said.