Photographs from the Annual General Meeting of the IBMT, held in Dublin, October 15th 2005

Deirdre Davey, daughter of Bob Hilliard, lays the wreath at the Liberty Hall memorial, 15th Oct. 2005.

The message on the wreath at Liberty Hall, 15th Oct. 2005.

The IBMT and Connolly Column banners outside Liberty Hall 15th Oct. 2005.

The platformat the AGM. Left to Right, Marlene Sidaway (Sec.), Jack Jones, Manus O'Riordan and Pauline Fraser(Treasurer)



After the AGM there was a social event and then on the Sunday an oration was delivered at the grave of Frank Ryan, commander of the Irish volunteers in Spain. The oration was delivered by Manus O'Riordan, a member of the IBMT Executive and the son of Mick O'Riordan, an IB veteran.
More photographs from the Glasnevin Ceremony are available here The Glasnevin oration is here.
A delegation from the IBMT met with Mary McAleese on the morning of the AGM. Here are her comments. The Irish Times carried a brief report of the AGM. This was followed by a sharp piece by Kevin Myers which was replied to by the IBMT President, Jack Jones on Nov. 9th. Here's all 3 articles/letters.