I was abducted by IRA, reveals FG senator

FORMER Fine Gael TD Micheal Finucane has revealed he was once abducted by the IRA in Limerick over 14 years ago.

In an emotional speech to the Seanad last week, the Fine Gael senator said he was confronted by a three-man gang wearing balaclavas who forced him into the back of his car at gunpoint as he was about to attend a political function in the Co Limerick village of Croagh.

Mr Finucane claimed he initially believed the incident was part of a premature April Fool’s joke as it had occurred on March 31, 1990, shortly after he had become a newly-elected TD for the Limerick West constituency.