Hiroshima bomb anniversary remembered in Dublin

A day of commemoration is being today held to mark the bombing of Hiroshima.

The “Little Boy” atomic bomb was dropped on the city 64 years ago after US President Harry Truman gave the executive order to bomb areas in Japan.

Around 140,000 were killed by a combination of the explosion and more as a result of burn injuries, radiation sickness and malnutrition.

Since then more people have died from leukaemia and cancer as a result of exposure to radiation.

The Peace and Neutrality Alliance is holding a commemoration ceremony in Merrion Square in Dublin this afternoon.

Chairman Roger Cole said it is important that people do not forget what happened,