Old soldiers celebrate...

... or maybe we shouldn't call them 'old', because Des Travers and John Martin are the most young at heart retired Army officers that the Diary knows.

Anyhow, both are having a little celebration in The Curragh Camp (of course, they don't call it that any more) this evening, marking with former colleagues the 50th anniversary of being commissioned as Army cadets.

No doubt there'll be a lot of soldierly talk, maybe a couple of drinks raised in salute ... and Des tells us that late passes have been negotiated from their COs at home.

Congratulations to both men, who have each contributed so much to life in Kilcullen over many of those years.