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"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment has been killed today, Thursday 4 September 2008, in southern Afghanistan . Read It Here RIP (RG) British soldiers are good enough to fight and die for their Country but not good enough to spend one night at the METRO HOTEL Shame on them. With proud thanksgiving,...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
From The TimesSeptember 5, 2008British soldier from The Royal Irish Regiment killed in AfghanistanA British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the 117th serviceman to be killed in the country since operations began in November 2001. The man, who has not been named, was involved in a routine foot patrol when an improvised explosive device was triggered in Sangin in Helmand...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
ISLAND CHILDREN from Co Mayo walked in the steps of famous Edwardian naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger after members of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) launched two volumes of the new at the weekend.
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The soldier serving with the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday previously served with the US Navy before moving to Co Cavan.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr Cameron said that he would always remember "how I spoke to an incredibly brave group of soldiers from The Royal Irish Regiment and that one of them, Ranger Justin Cupples, was killed the next day just 300 metres from the base. That brings home the sacrifices that our soldiers are making.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A British soldier has been killed on patrol in southern Afghanistan. He was from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, but has not been named. He died yesterday when an improvised explosive device was triggered while he was on a routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand provinc.
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Family Research (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Royal Irish Constabulary Demand from our members for Irish records is higher than ever and so this month the Royal Irish Constabulary enlistment records have been promoted. The collection contains more than 88,000 records of those enlisted as police in the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) from 1816 to 1921. Records include each officer’s name, year [...]...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Soldier hoped for Afghan peace A British Army soldier killed in Afghanistan had spoken of hopes of bringing peace to the war-torn country.Ranger Justin Cupples, 29, a member of the 1st Battalion of The Royal Irish Regiment (RIR), was killed while on routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, on Thursday.He was fatally injured in a roadside bomb attack and, despite receiving first...
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icWales (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Soldier hoped for Afghan peaceA British Army soldier killed in Afghanistan had spoken of hopes of bringing peace to the war-torn country.Ranger Justin Cupples, 29, a member of the 1st Battalion of The Royal Irish Regiment (RIR), was killed while on routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, on Thursday.He was fatally injured in a roadside bomb attack and, despite receiving first...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A SOLDIER serving with the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR), whose family comes from the Republic, has died following an explosion in Afghanistan.
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
"It was one of the things I regretted after September 11, not being able to go in there (to Afghanistan) and do the job that needed to be done, and obviously still needs doing," he said when interviewed before the Royal Irish's recent deployment to Helmand.
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
"It was one of the things I regretted after September 11, not being able to go in there (to Afghanistan) and do the job that needed to be done, and obviously still needs doing," he said when interviewed before the Royal Irish's recent deployment to Helmand.
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Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The 29-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, was killed while on routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, on Thursday, taking the number of British Army personnel killed in Afghanistan to 117.
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The 29-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, was killed while on routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, on Thursday, taking the number of British Army personnel killed in Afghanistan to 117.
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The 29-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment, was killed while on routine foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, on Thursday, taking the number of British Army personnel killed in Afghanistan to 117.
