Adi Roche on brother's exoneration from army: 'He can walk tall and proud'

Campaigner Adi Roche with her brother Dónal de Róiste. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

“This is a proud moment, he can walk tall and walk proud today,” Chernobyl campaigner Adi Roche has said of the Government decision to formally exonerate her brother Dónal de Róiste, who was forced to retire from the Defence Forces more than 50 years ago.

The decision at Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting comes after a review that began more than two years ago into the circumstances of his forced retirement.