Irish United Nations Veterans Association

Mayor Francis Foley recently honoured Veterans of the Irish Defence Forces ❤️🙏 #limerick #limerickcity #lovelimerick #ilovelimerick #limerickandproud @NationsIrish 📸 Press 22

Steven Shields, Veteran Support Officer (VSO) with Irish Defence Forces' charity ONE spoke to Joe Finnegan on the JF Show on ShannonSide. Listen: shannonside.ie/podcasts/the-j… #DefenceForces #Veterans #Charity #Homeless #FuchsiaAppeal #Welfare #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #Homelessness

Statement by President Higgins on the death of Christy Dignam president.ie/en/media-libra…

RECRUITING NOW The DFSM is Recruiting for wind, brass & percussion instrumentalists across all three bands. Open to Irish, EU & UK Citizens who are eligible to work in Ireland. Application deadline is 2359hrs on Sunday 18th June. #militarymusic #musicjobs #irishjobs #BeMore

Our Deputy General Secretary @DHVPriestley was proud to represent our members at the @NationsIrish Annual Wreath-laying Ceremony in the UN Memorial Garden. Derek is pictured with @pdforra President @_Mark_Keane. @15Post @iunvapost27 @irishmissionun @defenceforces

THANK YOU! Thanks to everyone who came along to our centenary performance yesterday. We were overwhelmed by the response and it was amazing to see so many friends and past members of the DFSM in attendance. If you were there please let us know! Just tag @DFSMIreland #dfsm100

Nice to see members of The Irish Defende Forces @defenceforces and Irish UN Veterans Association @NationsIrish on parade too; an act of mutual respect and reconciliation.

We are grateful for all who attended yesterday at our Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony. Your presence at our wreath laying has added so much to make it a special day to the families who lost the their loved ones., 97 Defence Forces members lost their lives in the cause of peace.

#Throwback Remembering the great achievement that @post15 member Seamus (Tiny) Smyth did going back to do his leaving cert as a mature student in the Curragh. @NationsIrish

"In addition to psychometric tests hampering recruitment, Mr Stanton said another issue is the excessive length of time it's taking for successful recruits and officer cadets to be accepted into the Defence Forces." irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4115…

Today BQ Kevin McNamara, John Nally, & Kevin McGuire of the 4 Western Bde Enlisted Personnel Golf Society presented a donation of €600+ to ONE's Paddy McManus, House Manager at Custume House, Athlone. Which is 1 of 4 homes available to homeless veterans. one-veterans.org/services/

Please be mindful of where you park When you park your vehicle, ask yourself - Will a Fire Engine be able to get past? #ParkSensibily

The sun is shining in Cobh! Brian Oglanby VOX is Live on the bandstand in the promenade from 2.30pm 🎶 🎼 🎵 #cobhrocks #supportlocal

Some 35 South Sudanese police officers drawn from every county in Warrap, #SouthSudan are now fully certified trainers in internationally accepted policing standards, thanks to impactful capacity-building by #UNMISS. Full story 👉🏽 bit.ly/43DMeXX #A4P #PK75 #PeaceBegins

Final preparations complete at IUNVA HQ for next Sunday 11th June 2023, when our Annual Wreath Laying will take place. Thank you to our volunteers and Chief of Staff Sean Clancy for funding the newly refurbished headstones. @DF_COS @defenceforces @MichealMartinTD @LordMayorDublin

After months of planning and preparations, 5 teams from across @IRLDeptDefence, Army, @IrishAirCorps Corps, @naval_service & @dfreserve working together to develop innovative solutions to address real challenges in the DF & DOD, pitched their final projects to a team of judges.

This week saw the opening of 3 EV charging stations in Collins Barracks, Haulbowline and the Curragh Camp in conjunction with @ePowerIreland. These charge points support the organisation's 65 electric military vehicles, with 70 privately owned vehicles also registered to use them

Today, in Collins barracks, Cork, the Artillery Corps celebrated its 100th year in service of the State, honouring its personnel who had given their lives serving with the Corps.

On Sunday the 11th June 2023 at 1200hrs, IUNVA will hold its Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony in our memorial garden, located at Mount Temple Road, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7. D07VP73. To remember our comrades who lost their lives in the cause of peace with the United Nations.