Dissidents planned to kill family of Irish soldier serving in British army

A dissident republican death plot had targeted the family of an Irishman serving in the British army, and not the soldier himself, it has emerged.

Dissidents planned to kill family of Irish soldier serving in British army

It is believed the soldier carried Princess Diana’s coffin during her funeral.

It is understood the dissidents had planned to attack the Limerick man’s family when they were home for Christmas.

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