OLD ‘FRIENDS’ ARE BEST

Ali Hewson

FIFTY-ONE YEARS is a long time to wait for possible reversal of a miscarriage of justice. But whether or not 75-year-old Lt Donal de Róiste – summarily ‘retired’ from the Defence Forces by President Éamon de Valera in 1969 and denied the chance to defend himself then or since – is exonerated this summer, there… Read more »

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