D-Day 80th anniversary Northern Ireland: Belast reception hears that Ulster veterans were venerated as heroes in Normandy but forgotten at home

Men from Northern Ireland who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day were venerated in French villages but were forgotten about in their home country, a Belfast audience has heard.

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