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The Clonard Priest

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Olivia O'Leary tells the hitherto untold story of Father Alec Reid , the priest who for 35 years acted as a secret negotiator between the IRA and the British and Irish governments. A picture of him taken as he administered the Last Rites to the two British army corporals became one of the enduring images of the Troubles. Now that the IRA has decommissioned its weapons (he was one of the appointed "overseers") his story can at last be told.
Producer Rachel Hooper

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Olivia O'Leary
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Alec Reid
Producer:
Rachel Hooper
Source: Radio Times

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