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PRESIDENT MARY McAleese and Taoiseach Brian Cowen led the State commemoration yesterday for Irish people who died in past wars and on service with the United Nations.

At the National Day of Commemoration in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham yesterday, Mrs McAleese laid a wreath at a commemorative plaque at the request of the Taoiseach.