Pardon due for Irish WW2 soldiers

The government is expected to issue a pardon within the next three months to thousands of Irish soldiers who joined the British to fight Nazi Germany.

Pardon due for Irish WW2 soldiers

The government is expected to issue a pardon within the next three months to thousands of Irish soldiers who joined the British to fight Nazi Germany.

Legislation to grant an amnesty to the former troops – who were blacklisted and branded deserters at home – cleared one of its final hurdles today as it passed through a committee stage in the Dáil.

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