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Remembrance Sunday [5min]


For the first time at a Remembrance ceremony here, the Irish tricolour flew alongside the Union flag at the cenotaph in Derry yesterday. And the Royal British Legion was joined by members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association and the Ancient Order of Hibernians among others, to pay tribute to the thousands from across Ireland and of both traditions who gave their lives fighting in two World Wars. Our reporter Cathy Harris was there.
Read entire article at BBC Northern Ireland, Radio Foyle