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This week marks the anniversary of the first naval battle of Narvik, when Irish-born seamen were captured, together with their British shipmates. One of those was a man from Skibbereen, who was kept prisoner for five years for insisting he was British, and refused an Irish passport.
It is interesting to look at the disparity in the joint US/EU treatment of Ukraine and Gaza. Both cases are similar according to the United Nations – with Russia and Israel illegally occupying Ukraine and Gaza respectively.
Sir — I write to you concerning an interview I heard on RTÉ Radio’s News at One, presented by Bryan Dobson, about insurance policy increases. Insurance Ireland was represented by a very vocal and assertive lady. She disputed the information presented to her. It irritated me very much.
Frank Coughlan’s superb article, ‘Forgotten war sailors who kept neutral Ireland afloat’ (Irish Independent, April 11), prompted me to look again at the text of the citation and supporting document alongside the three-bar marine service medal awarded posthumously to my granduncle, Patricio McCarthy, who was born in Argentina.