Don Tidey kidnapping brought 1980s Ireland together across the sectarian divide
'A Kidnapping' by Ronan McGreevy and Tommy Conlon tells the story of the kidnap and eventual rescue of Don Tidey
Don Tidey speaking to media with his daughter Susan and son Alastair (right) after his release on December 17, 1983. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/Rolling News
Pope John Paul II made his most significant intervention in the Troubles at Drogheda during his visit to Ireland in 1979.
Speaking as close to the Border as he could go, the pope appealed to republican paramilitaries: “On my knees, I beg you to turn away from the path of violence and return to the ways of peace.”
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