Riverbank Arts Centre are delighted to once again welcome the Irish Military Seminar. Now in its seventh year the Irish Military Seminar, hosted by Kildare County Council and the County Kildare Decade of Commemorations Committee, is a series of free talks which take place over two days. This year the events will take place on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th May. Please see below and attached for full event details and booking links.
Tom McCaughren was Defence Correspondent of The Irish Times when he wrote The Peacemakers of Niemba, a detailed account of the ambush in the Congo in 1960 in which nine Irish-UN soldiers were killed by Baluba warriors.
He was ŔTE Security Correspondent during The Troubles, and also reported on the Irish-UN mission in Lebanon for many years. He is also the author of several books for young people and adults, many of which have been translated into foreign languages.