Robbie Gallagher recently met both of them in the Seanad.

Yesterday marked 21 years since the attack.

Journalist turned author, Joe McCabe wrote this highly researched, autobiography over 20 years after initially meeting and interviewing Dan McGovern when he returned to Carrickmacross in 1999.

'A beautiful country that is consistently being shamed by these acts of evil and violence'

'Gary was a gentleman, a real character, and he packed so much love and life into his short 28 years as a son, a brother, an uncle and a friend'

Robbie Gallagher says the Irish ancestry of US President Joe Biden offers a "unique opportunity to put this issue to bed for once and for all".

Restrictions banning non-US citizens from entering the states are being lifted after 21 months.

The US President has called for national unity as the country marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.