Guard of honour: State remembers war dead

IRISH people who died in past wars or on United Nations service were remembered in an annual ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Guard of honour: State remembers war dead
Mon, 10 Jul, 2006 - 01:00
Senan Hogan

The National Day of Commemoration was held in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham.

President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern attended, as well as members of the Government, the Oireachtas, the judiciary, the diplomatic corps and community representatives from the North.

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