Irish soldiers branded deserters for fighting alongside Britain in WWII are finally pardoned. Irish soldiers who fought with the Allies were blacklisted at home ...

In May 2013, the Irish parliament passed legislation granting a pardon to the almost 5,000 soldiers who left the armed forces to serve with the Allies during WW2.

In May 2013, the Irish parliament passed legislation granting a pardon to the almost 5,000 soldiers who left the armed forces to serve with the Allies during WW2.

Phil Farrington, the last Irish soldier to be pardoned for fighting with the British in WWII, passed away last year at 94 years of age. This is his story.

The last known surviving Irish soldier to have been pardoned for leaving the Irish Defence Forces to fight for the Allies in World War Two dies at 94. Phil Farrington: Last 'Irish pardon' WW2 ...

DID you or your relative serve in the Second World War? I am an Irish military history writer and author of A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall: Stories of Irishmen in WW1. Published in 2010 by ...

The government is expected to issue a pardon within the next three months to thousands of Irish soldiers who joined the British to fight Nazi Germany.

For Victory in Europe, or 'V-E Day,' a look at the stigma Irish men faced when they returned home from fighting in World War II. Bernard Kelly's "Returning Home" investigates the shameful way the ...

Shatter apologises to our WW2 soldiers. Gunner Paddy Reid [2nd from Left] ... after Gunner Reid deserted the Irish Army to serve with the British Army during World War 2.

Irish soldiers who joined the British Army in World War II have received a State apology. Once blacklisted and branded traitors at home, ... Get the latest Irish Mirror breaking news on WhatsApp.

The rolls do list 30,986 soldiers who were born in Ireland. Prof John Horne of Trinity College Dublin says a figure of between 30,000 and 35,000 Irish war dead is a “conservative estimate, and ...