Former IRA commander honours WW1 dead

A former IRA commander has become the second high-profile Sinn Fein member to honour soldiers who died while fighting for Britain at the Battle of the Somme.

Former IRA commander honours WW1 dead
Fri, 25 Oct, 2002 - 20:37

A former IRA commander has become the second high-profile Sinn Fein member to honour soldiers who died while fighting for Britain at the Battle of the Somme.

Martin Meehan, a former IRA leader in the north Belfast area, travelled to the Somme graveyard to pay his respects to his grandfather, who was killed in the First World War battle.

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