In today's print edition and online military veteran Andy Allen, now an Ulster Unionist MLA, who served an operational tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2008 talks about his experiences in the country and gives his view from an ordinary soldier’s perspective.
We also remember the Northern Ireland soldiers who were killed while serving in Afghanistan. Nine soldiers from Northern Ireland were killed after going to Afghanistan to neutralise the Taliban and bring peace and stability to the region.
* Founder of War Years Remembered museum pleads to politicians as closure looms. The founder of a military museum which is under threat of closure has made a direct plea to Northern Ireland’s political leaders to find a new home for his collection.
A Northern Irish soldier, who lost his legs and eyesight during the conflict in Afghanistan in 2008, said it was painful to watch the mission that he was part of – to build a better and sustainable country – unravel.
The placing of a banner bearing the name of a murdered police officer on a republican bonfire has been branded “disgraceful” by DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
The founder of a military museum which is under threat of closure has made a direct plea to Northern Ireland’s political leaders to find a new home for his collection.
Belfast, 12th August, 1780 – “On Monday, the 7th August, 1780, being the anniversary of the first formation of the Volunteer Companies in the town of Coleraine, the battalion of Coleraine, consisting of nine companies, were reviewed by Colonel Richardson and Lieutenant-Colonel Canning, in the Colonel’s demesne.
Linfield and Larne will kick off the Danske Bank Premiership campaign this month as title rivals but have teamed up to complete a double transfer deal.
Ireland’s men can potentially pin down the first of this week’s major targets on Tuesday afternoon if they can back up Sunday’s 2-1 win over Poland with another result against Italy.
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