IRA Heeds Protestants, Will Move Monument
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From Times Wire Reports
A monument honoring dead Irish Republican Army members will be moved from a border crossroads where the outlawed group once killed two Protestants, IRA supporters said.
“This is about easing the pain and the grief of victims. I’m delighted at the decision,” said Chris McGimpsey, a Protestant politician who campaigned against the monument’s location.
Frederick Love, 64, and William Hassard, 59, were driving home Aug. 4, 1988, from work in the Northern Ireland village of Belleek when IRA gunmen riddled their car with about 100 bullets.
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