President lays wreath to commemorate war dead
President Mary McAleese laid a wreath today to commemorate Irish soldiers who served and died in foreign wars and UN peacekeeping missions.
The ceremony in the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin was also attended by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald and six government ministers.
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