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IrIsh CItIzeNshIp
AwArd
Congratulations to
Christian Monday
Iwubell who became
a fully-fledged
Irish citizen in a
ceremony on 20th
January 2014. Chris
will be a familiar
face to all who have
entered the DFTC
Gym where he has
worked for the past
eight years. Photo:
Cpl Paul Millar (PR
Branch)
FAmIlIes ClINIC
Staff and patients are pictured on the last day of the Families' Clinic in the
Curragh Military Hospital, which closed on 31st December 2013. Lt Col Seán
Dunne (retd) was a doctor in the clinic for nearly 50 years.
Photo: Sgt JJ Ryan (DFTC HQ)
You're the mAN
Pictured at the
handing over of a
Man 4x2 truck to
the Irish UN Living
History group are
(L/R): Capt Niall
Buckley, Kevin Mc-
Cormack (IUNLH), Lt
Dicker. The Irish UN
Living History Group
will be displaying
it at military fairs
and shows around
Ireland. Photo: Kevin
McCormack
uNICeF IrelANd
A cheque for €3,700 made up of donations from members of IUNVA Posts
throughout Ireland was presented to UNICEF Ireland, to help with their
work in the Philippines. Photo shows National PRO IUNVA, Comdt George
Kerwin (retd), presenting the cheque to the Executive Director UNICEF Ire-
land, Peter Power and National Chairman of IUNVA Michael Butler. Photo:
Comdt George Kerwin (retd)
soldIers AId
On the 4th February 2014, Rear Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, DCOS (Sp)
visited Cathal Brugha Bks. He is pictured here with Brig Gen Michael
Beary, GOC 2 Bde, who handed over a cheque for €20,000, proceeds
from the recent Defence Forces Gala Concert in aid of the Defence
Forces Benevolent Fund. Photo: Pte David Hogarty (2 BDE HQ)
IN memorY oF JACk
On Sunday 2nd February 2014, serving and former members of the Engineer
Corps, DFTC gathered to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the sad and
untimely death of their comrade Sgt Dennis (Jack) Whelan, who died while
responding to a hoax fire call. Pictured (L/R): Wicklow Chief Fire Officer
Aiden Dempsey (Comdt retd), Cpl Martin Curran, Ptes Byrne, McGuiness,
Ging, O'Connor, Carr, BQMS Jim Clarke and Sgt Major Phil Grant (retd)
Photo: Sgt Dan Whelan (retd)
