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Two soldiers and a police officer murdered by dissident republicans last month are among those being remembered at a ceremony in Dublin. Two soldiers and a police officer murdered by dissident republicans last month are among those who have been remembered at a ceremony in Dublin.
The names of more than 3,500 people who have died as a result of the Troubles were being read out during a service in a church at St Stephen's Green. The names of more than 3,500 people who have died as a result of the Troubles were read out during a service in a church at St Stephen's Green.
The annual act of commemoration at Dublin Unitarian Church is now in its eighth year.The annual act of commemoration at Dublin Unitarian Church is now in its eighth year.
The names of the victims were being read out in alphabetical order. The names of the victims were read out in alphabetical order.
The first name read out was John Patrick Scullion, murdered by the UVF in 1966, the last, Constable Stephen Carroll, murdered by the Continuity IRA last month. Chronologically, the names go from John Patrick Scullion, murdered by the UVF in 1966, the last, Constable Stephen Carroll, murdered by the Continuity IRA last month.
The organisers of the commemoration said the reading of the names "illustrates powerfully the terrible, random nature of death in war and civil conflict".The organisers of the commemoration said the reading of the names "illustrates powerfully the terrible, random nature of death in war and civil conflict".