Irish brigades keep a tentative peace

Breslin reports on the work of Irish troops stationed in Liberia.

LATE on the Thursday evening, Irish troops in Camp Clara in Monrovia, Liberia were put on a heightened state of alert.

Reports were coming in of outbreaks of violence in various parts of the city and the Irish were on standby to act as a rapid reaction back up force for Nigerian and Ghanaian troops.