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When Donal Donnelly escaped from a Belfast prison, 12,000 men were sent to capture him but despite their efforts he remained free for 36 years writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

An IRA prison escapee pardoned by Margaret Thatcher’s government has said she was a pragmatist whose ministers made small concessions as part of dealings with Ireland.

Actor Donal Donnelly has died