Hiroshima

On a fateful sunny morning in August 1945, an atomic bomb weighing 4,400kg was unleashed on Hiroshima by a U.S. warplane. Just 43 seconds later, eight-year-old Teruko Yahata was playing in her garden when the bomb detonated 600 meters above the city. "The first sign of the enormity of what had just happened," she recounted to Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Friday, "was the sky suddenly lit up in a blinding 'bluish-white' light." Moments later, a dark nuclear cloud ascended, which Ms. Yahata described as "as if the heavens…

Taoiseach Micheál Martin recently expressed his heartfelt sentiments during a visit to Hiroshima, stating it was "an honour" to be there. In a conversation with Japanese journalists, he emphasized, "I'm here first and foremost to remember and to extend my condolences on behalf of the Irish people for all those who lost their lives during the atomic bombing and for all those who suffered." This reflection underscores the profound impact of such historical events on collective human experiences. Mr. Martin also took the…