McGuinness branded a liar by son of soldier killed in IRA shoot-out

MARTIN McGUINNESS has been branded a liar by the son of an Irish army soldier killed by the IRA.

Mr McGuinness’s IRA past again overshadowed his presidential campaign when he was confronted while canvassing in Athlone, Co Westmeath, by David Kelly, the son of the late Private Patrick Kelly.

Pte Kelly and trainee garda Gary Sheehan died in a shoot-out at Derrada Woods, Co Leitrim, in 1983 when trying to rescue businessman Don Tidey, who had been kidnapped by the IRA.