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.

I was abducted by IRA, reveals FG senator

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.

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