Ex-IFA head freed from jail by ‘an enemy’

Former IFA leader John Dillon was set free from Limerick Prison yesterday by a mystery person he branded “an enemy”.

Mr Dillon, aged 64, had been arrested at around 10.30am at his farm at Pallasgreen, Co Limerick, over the non-payment of a fine and costs arising from a run-in with the authorities at the last election, when he stood unsuccessfully as an independent.

The widower had already embarked on a hunger strike when the money was paid and the prison gates reopened at 2.15pm.