Royal visit: Duke of Edinburgh's warm praise for trainee guardsmen at Catterick in North Yorkshire
A regiment's colours remain its most precious possession, cherished through history as a symbol of honour and pride.
Thousands of British troops head to Romania for major Nato exercise
The operation, called Steadfast Dart, comes ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday.
D-Day veteran, 99, is ‘great example to us all’, King says
Charles was also shown a kilt worn by a soldier wounded in the Somme which has been untouched for decades during a visit to ...
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Irish Regiment brings Christmas cheer to long-term care homes
Members of the 2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada spent their Christmas Eve bringing some Christmas joy to residents of Greater Sudbury long-term care and nursing homes. The regiment revived ...
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Break culture of impunity; charge Marcy guards in beating of inmate who later died (Editorial Board Opinion)
As vile as the violence is, it’s worth noting the reaction of the guards during the beating: They stand around, filling out paperwork, chewing gum, laughing. It also is telling that the union ...
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Irish nature’s greatest displays: the most majestic sights in the land and how to catch them
In Irish, they are lus an chromchinn (Plant of the bent head) and were popular for the gardens of the great Irish houses in the 19th century. Now widely distributed across Ireland, they make ...
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Steep costs of Irish reunification deter Dublin despite tax windfall
The Irish border loomed large during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, in which more than 3,600 people were killed in three decades of conflict involving Irish republican paramilitaries in the IRA ...
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Stony-faced US Secret Service guards carry ex President Jimmy Carter’s flag-draped coffin as 6-day state funeral begins
They then walked alongside the hearse as it made its way to the peanut farm Mr Carter grew up on. The body of the Democrat, who was in the White House from 1977 to 1981, is due to lie in state ...
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South Korean Presidential guards block arrest of Yoon after tense six-hour stand-off
Photo: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented ... to be issued for a sitting president. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to ...
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South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off
SEOUL-South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented the authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan 3 in a tense six-hour stand-off inside his compound ...
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Hanford nuclear guards reject contract proposal. Contractor to order them back to work
The Department of Energy contractor responsible for security at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington will order guards back to work under its terms after Local 21 members voted down a ...
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Is this the biggest upset in the Irish Cup's 144-year history?
It is known as one of the biggest shocks in the history of Irish League football. For some, it's perhaps the greatest of them all. The Irish Cup final of 1955 pitted an all-conquering, star ...