Irish veteran of US army in Iraq dies in Boston

An Irishman who was injured as three of his colleagues were blown up by a bomb in Iraq in 2003, while he was serving with the US army, has died in Boston.

Bernard Shevlin (43) was from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. He was also a former policeman in the US.

Following his police career, he joined the American army and served as a major with the US forces in Iraq.

He retired following a severe injury received while on duty in Iraq in 2003. He was with a military transport unit, towing a heavy anti-tank gun along the ruins of a war- torn suburb, when three security personnel were killed in a bomb blast.

He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters, five brothers and two sisters.

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