News for veterans all over Ireland and the world.
Here we will have news of upcoming events, parades, meetings and other items of interest to our members and site visitors. This page will be of most interest to those that are not able to attend our monthly executive meetings in Dublin.
For anyone that has served in Lebanon, or with the United Nations they will find this book an excellent read. IN SEARCH OF THE WADI MONSTER ... A SOLDIERS LIFE, written by Jimmy Dee who served from 1967 to 1995 in the Irish Defence Forces andoverseas in Cyprus with the 10th and 12th Inf Gps. Also in Lebanon with the Ist UNIFIL MP Coy, Oct '78 to May '79. before returning to Lebanon with the 52nd, 66th and 74 Inf Bns.
The special online price through this site is €12.00 (postage is €2.00 anywhere in Ireland and €4.00 to the UK, postage rates for other countries will be disclosed upon request)
Anyone interested in ordering a book can contact Jimmy at jdee008@gmail.com
NEWSFLASH; The proposed trip to Cyprus/Lebanon in 2010 has been put back to 2011. This is due to other groups travelling to Cyprus and Egypt in 2010. We will be back in touch with all those who wanted to travel with us this year and furnish details on next years trip.
The following is a letter I recieved from Farah Ahmed Mohamed Arke, a Lebanese citizen now living in the United Arab Emirates.
Hello Mr. Callanan
My name is Farah, and I don't know how I stumbled into a website which showed pictures of you and your friends serving in the Irish Battlion in the UNIFIL in South Lebanon, if I'm not mistaken?
I'm really fascinated by these pictures, they were really touching, to see these photos that were taken at a difficult time for Lebanon, and it's really refreshing to see how compassionate people are since the UNIFIL is made up of foreigners, you and your friends and other UNIFIL soldiers from different countries risked their lives to protect Lebanon, even though you you had no ties to Lebanon but still you spent years showing bravery and kindess in the face of brutality. I just want to send this email to tell you how much I admire your honour and your noble work done for us Lebanese people, forever grateful !
Best wishes to you sir
Farah
It's letters and kind words like the above which put a bit of pride back into our hearts, and makes us say to ourselves once again, that, yes. We did make a difference.
The AGM of Post 31 took place on the 1st Feb 2010. Officers elected were as follows.
Chairman; Michael O' Neill.
Vice Chairman; Ger Deveraux. - milehouse@eircom.net
Secretary; Eddie Doyle. - edward.doyle@ymail.com
Asst. Secretary; Ger Furlong.
Treasurer; Joe McGrath.
Asst. Treasurer; Ger Deveraux.
Welfare Officer; Ger Furlong.
PRO/Webmaster; Colm Callanan. - calco63@gmail.com
The following dates/events should be noted by you as regards IUNVA events around the country.
Any member that has any news that they feel would be of interest to the group can email me details at mailto:calco63@gmail.com
Yours in Peace...... Colm Callanan ( Post 31 IUNVA)