Chernobyl service remembers victims

A CITY paused yesterday to remember the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Thu, 27 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Eoin English

Hundreds of people gathered for a ceremony in Cork’s Bishop Lucey Park to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

They stood in silence as the names of the victims were read out.

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