An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.
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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 7 The CloDagh Daly TRuST On 9th March the Association of International Military Enthusiasts (AIME) made a presentation of a cheque for €2,000 from the proceeds of their Salute Military Vehicle & Re- enactment Show to the Clodagh Daly Trust. The 9th Salute Show takes place on the 29-30th August in the National Show Centre Swords. Pictured L/R: Eileen and Sean Curtis (Chairman AIME), Cpl John Daly (Father of Clodagh Daly) and Chris Mitchell (Secretary AIME). Photo by: Sgt Karl Byrne, PR Branch NeW yoRk, NeW yoRk Pictured L/R is Lt John McCandless and CQMS Damian Downey who ran the New York City Half Marathon on Sunday 15th March 2015. They are both members of C Coy Reserve, 28 Inf Bn. Photo: John McCandless TaCTiCal PhaSe Pictured are Recruits drawn from 2 Arty Regt and Air Corps along with their instructors while undergoing their Recruit Tactical phase in the Glen of Imaal recently. Photo by: Gnr Jamie Martin, 2 Arty Regt all iRelaND Club huRliNg Comdt David O'Shaughnessy, 3 Inf Bn officer and Kilmallock native is stationed overseas with UNIFIL in South Lebanon but had his mind firmly focused on Croke Park on 17th March watching his former club mates and his younger brother, GAA All Star and former Limerick senior hurler Capt Andrew O'Shaughnessy who contested the All Ireland Club hurling final against Pte Colin Fennelly of Ballyhale Shamrocks. Comdt O'Shaughnessy is spreading the gospel of Kilmallock hurling to a multinational environment with troops from Italy, Republic of Korea, France, Ghana, Serbia and Malaysia. Photo: Comdt David O'Shaughnessy a gaa all STaR Pictured at her recent passing out parade in Collins Bks, Cork is Recruit Kiev Dollard (a GAA All Star) along with Brig Gen Kieran Brennan, GOC 1 Bde and Recruit Dollard's Laois teammate Comdt Sue Ramsbotton, Mil Col, DFTC. Photo: Cpl Christine O'Leary, HQ 1 Bde DeCoRaTioN Day iN libeRia Decoration Day, marked on the second Wednesday in March is a public holiday, where those who have died are remembered and traditionally where the graves of loved ones are decorated and maintained. A member of the ARW who was part of the first ECAT (Emergency Civilian Assistance Team) deployed as part of the Ebola response was able to visit and clean up the monument to Sgt Derec Mooney (ARW) RIP who died in Liberia in 2003. The staff from the Irish Aid Office in Monrovia made time to pay their respects and lay a wreath in memory of Sgt Mooney. The picture shows (L/R): Teta Lincoln and Claire Talda, Programme Officer Liberia (attached to the Irish Embassy, Freetown) laying a wreath at Sgt Mooney's memorial. Photo: Capt Barry Ryan, ECAT, Sierra Leone