Shankill bomber freed ahead of historic statement

THE IRA is within hours of making its historic statement that it is to end a campaign of violence that has dominated Irish political life for more than a generation.

Shankill bomber freed ahead of historic statement

Meanwhile, an IRA bomber who was returned to jail was last night released in the North in expectation of the statement.

Sean Kelly, who killed nine people in a bomb attack on a fish shop on Belfast's Shankill Road, was granted temporary release pending application to the Sentence Review Commission.

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