World War Two: Northern Ireland's D-Day veterans honoured by French government

More than 70 years after the D-Day landings, a group of World War two veterans from Northern Ireland have been honoured for the part they played in the liberation of France.

Twenty-three veterans were awarded the Legion D'Honneur (Legion of Honour) medal during a ceremony at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim.

There is some flash photograph in this report from BBC Newsline's Mervyn Jess.