The KCLR Daily with Brian Redmond
Oct 19, 2026 · 19 min · 9 segments
The extraordinary story of the Siege of Jadotville, and the long campaign to ensure that the men who fought there received the recognition they deserved, will be explored at a special event in…
Brian RedmondHost
Dan HarveyGuestJoe MaloneGuestYeah, I hosted one of these in the town hall a couple of years ago with Leo Quinlan and we got a massive reaction and Dan has written another book But, you know, like the War of Independence and the 1916, they're all gone now.
And if we don't honour these people, the government should honour these people with the medals that they're looking for, they'll be gone as well.
I know of, there's only a few Congo vets left in Carrick O'Kenny, and I know one of them was a private John Dreeland from Gorn, originally, but living on the Kells Road.
And it's amazing, Joe, isn't it? For those of us who, I'm not putting myself into the same category of any of our guests here, but nevertheless, an interest in Irish military history and world history in general.
There are people listening to us this morning, please God, who don't need the story explained.
Absolutely, and Dan just mentioned there, but Naimba, we lost a man, died there just over a month ago, just out the road, Noel Hine, you know, and his wife is coming on Wednesday night as well, and the family, you know, and it's still raw, you know, and Tom McCorkran is coming, a former RT security correspondent, remembering back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, an Antrim man living in Dublin, he wrote many books, and he's coming, and we're honoured to have
But it's on a Wednesday night, as it says there in the ad, and we'd love as many people to come, even any kind of an interest whatsoever in history or military history, because we'd like to make a wrong right.
Yeah, I hosted one of these in the town hall a couple of years ago with Leo Quinlan and we got a massive reaction and Dan has written another book But, you know, like the War of Independence and the 1916, they're all gone now.
And if we don't honour these people, the government should honour these people with the medals that they're looking for, they'll be gone as well.
I know of, there's only a few Congo vets left in Carrick O'Kenny, and I know one of them was a private John Dreeland from Gorn, originally, but living on the Kells Road.
And it's amazing, Joe, isn't it? For those of us who, I'm not putting myself into the same category of any of our guests here, but nevertheless, an interest in Irish military history and world history in general.
There are people listening to us this morning, please God, who don't need the story explained.
Absolutely, and Dan just mentioned there, but Naimba, we lost a man, died there just over a month ago, just out the road, Noel Hine, you know, and his wife is coming on Wednesday night as well, and the family, you know, and it's still raw, you know, and Tom McCorkran is coming, a former RT security correspondent, remembering back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, an Antrim man living in Dublin, he wrote many books, and he's coming, and we're honoured to have
But it's on a Wednesday night, as it says there in the ad, and we'd love as many people to come, even any kind of an interest whatsoever in history or military history, because we'd like to make a wrong right.
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