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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