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Over 200 people gathered in Moore Old Cemetery outside Ballinasloe to honour two brothers who fought in WWI. Cpl Michael O’Connell, Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart, was killed on July 23, 1918 while drawing down fire from a German machine gun position during the First World War. Michael’s brother Cpl Martin O’Connell survived the First World War; however his son was killed on the island of Iowa Jima during the Second World War and received the Bronze Star.

Bond Cafe in Ballina is the perfect setting for a bite to eat. The cafe opened in April of this year when Mari Cambridge, a Mayo native, returned to Ireland from the UK. Ms Cambridge has vast experience in the food businesses — nine years running a French deli in Kent, which specialised in French, English, and Irish cheeses, and nine years strictly catering directly for both corporate and private clients.

The annual general meeting of the Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA), Post 9 (Athlone), took place on Monday January 18. The Post was re-established in September 2009 and over 30 members attended the AGM in the NCOs Mess Custume Barracks, Athlone.