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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 7 clodaGh daly trust On the 23rd September 2014 the Air Corps Golf Society presented a cheque for €2,000 to Cpl John Daly for the Clodagh Daly Trust named after his daughter. Pictured is Lt Col Hughes (Retd), Cpl John Daly and Flt Sgt Stephen Bailie. Photo: Cpl Neville Coughlan FamIly leGacy The Doyle Family was pictured recently with Brig Gen Derry Fitzgerald, GOC 1 Bde. L/R: Capt Ian, BSM Leslie, Pte Eoghan, Pte Brian, Brig Gen Fitzgerald D, Pte Adrian, Pte Killian, CQMS Declan and Lt Ken. Photo: BSM AR Leslie Doyle, HQ 1 Bde. un operatIon In côte d'IvoIre (unocI) Pictured are Lt Col Mark Staunton SO Observer Management Group and SIO handing over to Lt Col Sean Dunne outside HQ ONUCI, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on 23rd September 2014. There are currently two Irish officers serving with ONUCI, Lt Col Dunne in FHQ and Comdt Murt Larkin in Teamsite Tabou in the South West of the ONUCI AOR. Photo: Lt Col Sean Dunne a true leGend Paddy Whitty was sent to the Naval Service from the School of Signals, Curragh Camp for a three- month attachment and stayed for forty years. He arrived as a 2* Pte and left as a Naval Service Lt Cmdr. He is pictured standing in The Titanic Memorial Garden, Cobh, a project he initiated for the one hundredth anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Upon his retirement from the NS he became a Town Councillor in Cobh and was the Mayor of Cobh twice. Photo & text: Coy Sgt Harry Mulhern Retd newly commIssIoned oFFIcers Congratulations to the newly commissioned officers in the Defence Forces pictured: Capt Eugene O'Connor (Med Corps), Capt John Carpenter (DFSM) & Capt Patrick Kelly (Med Corps). They received their commissions from D COS Sp Rear Admiral Mark Mellett DSM at a ceremony held in the Military College on 25th September 2014. Photo: Sgt Rena Kennedy, DF Press Office happy retIrement Pictured is Sgt Andy O'Neill presenting a statuette of General Michael Collins to Comdt Dave O'Neill to mark his retirement, where he served the last 22-years in the Defence Forces Printing Press. Photo: Sgt Andy O'Neill, Printing Press last duty Pictured are Pte Mark Clancy, Ordnance Corps and Sgmn Thomas Dullaghan, DFHQ CIS Coy, the two personal to carry out duty in DFHQ Colaiste Caoimhin, Glasnevin on 29th September 2014. Colaiste Caoimhin was handed back to the Office of Public Works (OPW) who in turn have handed it over to Blackhall College. Photo: Sgt Kevin Conlon, DFHQ CIS Coy

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