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Nov 23, 2013 · Corporal Howes and his colleague Derek Wood had been dragged from their car and shot dead by the IRA in a week of murderous mayhem after they drove into the path of a republican funeral, and...
Nov 22, 2013 · 22 November 2013. One of the starkest images of the troubles was Fr Alec Reid giving last rites to a soldier killed by the IRA. Fr Alec Reid who acted as go-between between the IRA and...
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Nov 22, 2013 · Fr Alec Reid, who was a key figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, acting as a go-between between the IRA and politicians, has died.
Nov 22, 2013 · In 1988, Fr Reid was pictured praying over the bodies of Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes who had been dragged from their car, beaten and shot by the IRA. The corporals had inadvertently...
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Nov 22, 2013 · Fr Reid, 82, acted as a clandestine go-between ferrying messages to and from republicans and the British and Irish governments in the earliest stages of the peace process in the 1980s.
Nov 22, 2013 · Irish president Michael Higgins said: "Fr Reid's role as a channel for peace laid the ground for the achievement of the IRA cease-fire and created the political space for the multi-party talks ...
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Nov 26, 2013 · As the IRA's remaining weapons were being decommissioned in 2005, Father Alec Reid turned to his friend and whispered: "There goes the last gun out of Iris...
