National Archives - State gets tough on bid to free IRA prisoners

Phil Flynn acted as negotiator with Herrema kidnappers, writes Ryle Dwyer.

National Archives - State gets tough on bid to free IRA prisoners
Thu, 29 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

AT ABOUT 8.15am on October 3, 1975 a car owned by Tiede Herrema, managing director of Ferenka Ltd, was discovered by the roadside a few hundred yards from his home in Limerick.

The driver’s door was open, the keys were in the ignition and Mr Herrema’s briefcase was in the car.

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