Victims’ group calls for memorial for two men killed in Don Tidey rescue

Kenny Donaldson of the South East Fermanagh Foundation (Brian Lawless/PA)

A group for victims of violence related to Northern Ireland has called for a memorial to commemorate two members of the Irish security forces killed by the IRA during a rescue mission 40 years ago.

On December 16, 1983, Private Patrick Kelly and garda recruit Gary Sheehan were killed in Derrada Wood, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, during an operation to rescue Quinnsworth supermarket executive Don Tidey, who had been kidnapped for 23 days in Dublin.