Offaly Garda Made Breakthrough In IRA Kidnapping Forty Years Ago

Dr. Tiede Herrema waqs eventually released unharmed.

A Garda in Tullamore is credited with a breakthrough in an IRA kidnapping that garnered international attention over forty years ago. 

Dutch industrialist Dr. Tiede Herrema was held for 36 days in 1975 by the republican group hoping to negotiate the release of prisoners from Portlaoise prison.

He was eventually released unharmed from a house in Monasterevin in County Kildare, following a siege involving the army.

Former Editor of The Irish Times, Tullamore's Conor Brady says it was a case of a local officer knowing the area:

 

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