Survivors of atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a voyage calling for peace and a ban on nuclear weapons.
Survivors of the World War II atomic attack on Hiroshima visited Dublin as part of an international campaign for nuclear disarmament.
The survivors, who were young children in 1945, are seeking Irish support for a global ban on all nuclear weapons. During the brief visit, they took part in a ceremony at Merrion Square and met the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
65 years later and almost 10,000 kilometres away, Hiroshima survivors remember the day their world changed forever.
The eight survivors are part of a campaign to make sure that nobody will ever have to live through what they lived through.
Michiko Tsukamoto remembers the sky turning completely red at the time of the explosion. Her father was killed straight away and her mother died several years later as a result of the effects of the nuclear bomb.
On 6 August 1945, the Enola Gay bomber dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Around 80,000 people were killed immediately. Three days later in Nagasaki, another 75,000 were killed in a similar attack.
Kenji Tanaka was not born at the time of the dropping of the bombs. His mother was three months pregnant with him and was exposed to a lot of radiation. As a result, Kenji was born without sight in his right eye.
The survivors arrived in Dublin from Bergen in Norway this morning on a Japanese peace boat. This is part of their 101 day global voyage. They will now travel on to Venezuela. The survivors are also lending their support to the people of Gaza by calling for an end to the Israeli blockade.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 14 June 2010. The reporter is Aisling Bastable.
