SINN FÉIN’S SECTION 31

Brendan Hughes outside Mountjoy

A RACY account of the two most dramatic jail breaks in the history of the state – the 1973 helicopter escape from Mountjoy prison of three IRA commanders and the 1974 mass jailbreak of IRA prisoners from Portlaoise – as described by the man who organised both of them has recently been published. Readers may… Read more »

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