Monument remembers soldier missing for 50 years

A MONUMENT unveiled yesterday in honour of a brave young Irish soldier, who has been missing in action for 50 years, will help ensure his memory and sacrifice endures, his family said.

And the Government has indicated that it will help the family of Limerick native, Trooper Patrick Mullins, visit the site in the Congo where it’s believed he was killed.

Tpr Mullins was just 18 when his armoured car was ambushed by armed mercenaries in Katanga on September 15, 1961.