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McGinn walking free from the Maze prison in 2000. Paul Faith/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Former IRA man Bernard McGinn found dead at his home in Monaghan

Gardaí have confirmed that a sudden death was reported to officers in Monaghan Town at around 2pm yesterday afternoon.

A FORMER IRA member who was convicted of killing the last British soldier to die before the Good Friday Agreement has been found dead at his home in Monaghan.

Gardaí have confirmed that a sudden death was reported to officers in Monaghan Town at around 2pm yesterday afternoon.

It’s understood that the man was McGinn, 56, who was convicted of murdering Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick in south Armagh in 1997.

McGinn received three life sentences for the murder and was also convicted of other IRA-related offences including bomb-making, but he was released after serving just a few months of his sentence under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

Gardaí added that the death is not being treated as suspicious. A post mortem is due to take place later today.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 7:51 PM

    The only tip you need on Valentines day is a hard one..

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    Feb 12th 2014, 10:00 PM

    Your profile pic really makes this comment.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 8:29 PM

    4 tips:
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    Feb 12th 2014, 8:48 PM

    He might want to get those checked out. Could be cataracts.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 9:17 PM

    He’s got 4 twinkling eyes???

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    Feb 12th 2014, 9:29 PM

    Haha only since he needed glasses N O’C ! – now I’m bewitched and bedazzled.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 9:31 PM

    Shhhhhhh Sean.……
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    Feb 12th 2014, 9:38 PM

    Sorry not Sean….Jean, damn eyesight.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 11:05 PM

    Molly that’s beautiful. Lucky you.

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    Feb 13th 2014, 9:56 PM

    has he still go hair though?

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    Feb 12th 2014, 7:53 PM

    Season 2 of House of Cards airs on Valentine’s Day. What more do we need?

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    Feb 13th 2014, 12:39 AM

    Would stay inside all day to watch it if I could, but himself wants to watch the Lego Movie!

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    Feb 12th 2014, 8:07 PM

    Most people I know think Valentines day is a load of nonsense either way. Neither my partner or I ever do anything whatsoever to mark Valentines day. Most years it passes without us even noticing.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 10:44 PM

    Well done you’ve marked it this year by reading this article.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 11:06 PM

    I keep referring to it as Halloween! Don’t know why!

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    Feb 12th 2014, 8:21 PM

    Dont mix up the wife and girlfriends card after sealing :-)…or youll end up like that chillean miner a few years back…..hoping the ground will open back up again….literally

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    Feb 12th 2014, 11:39 PM

    Coppers is on Harcourt St, not Leeson St

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    Feb 12th 2014, 11:58 PM

    You managed to get to the end of it?

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    Feb 13th 2014, 12:37 AM

    If you really love someone you’d make a special effort on any day of the year, not wait for a tacky, expensive, over-commercialised day dictated to you by florists, chocolatiers and greeting card companies. It’s just a profit-making scam to fill the gap between Christmas and Easter (or Paddy‘s Day here).

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    Feb 13th 2014, 2:09 AM

    Ok I’m a girl / woman ! I think (hope) ;) and I think valentines is a load of crap! Just another day that’s commercialised! But I have just won a meal for two and a bottle of wine in the local, so I will certainly be celebrating it this year!!! It’d be rude not to :)

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    Feb 13th 2014, 12:42 AM

    Anyone who throws a hissy fit because they expect a valentines card or a present from their other half frankly deserves to be single. Or shot by Al Capone.

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    Feb 12th 2014, 11:04 PM

    Valentine’s Day me hoop! I know women who would actually throw a major strop if they didn’t get a card from their other halves. What’s that all about?

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    Feb 13th 2014, 2:15 AM

    Sorry to be pedantic but Thai people don’t use chopsticks (fork and spoon traditionally). The first restaurant I took my wife on was a Thai as we both love SE Asian food – things seemed to have worked out.

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