Memorial honours Irish soldiers who died on UN duty

TEARS flowed at the weekend as a memorial was unveiled to honour all Irish soldiers who have died on UN overseas missions.

Hundreds of people attended the unveiling of a ‘wall of remembrance’ built just outside Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Fermoy, Co Cork.

It bears the names of all 90 people – 85 soldiers, four field service officers and one garda – who have died on UN missions over the last 50 years.