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| Minister meets Afghan tour troops | |
| (about 8 hours later) | |
| About 100 soldiers from the 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment will be officially welcomed back to their base after serving in Afghanistan. | |
| Three of the regiment died during the three-month tour in which they battled Taliban fighters in Helmand province. | |
| Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram will be at Fort George barracks near Inverness to meet the soldiers. | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Mike McGovern said the soldiers had dealt admirably with the volatile situations they had faced. | Lieutenant Colonel Mike McGovern said the soldiers had dealt admirably with the volatile situations they had faced. |
| Demanding outposts | |
| The battalion is part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, and the soldiers were attached to the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment Battlegroup. | The battalion is part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, and the soldiers were attached to the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment Battlegroup. |
| They have been based at two of the most demanding outposts in Afghanistan, Sangin and Musa Qala. | They have been based at two of the most demanding outposts in Afghanistan, Sangin and Musa Qala. |
| Lance Corporal Luke McCulloch, originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Lance Corporal Paul Muirhead, of Bearley, Warwickshire, and Ranger Anare Draiva, from Fiji, died during the tour. |