On 16 March 1988, IRA members Daniel McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell, who had been killed by the SAS in Gibraltar, were due to be buried in the republican plot at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast. In a change from normal security forces procedure the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British army had agreed to stay away from the funeral. The funeral service and requiem mass went ahead as planned and the cortege made its way to Milltown cemetery off the Falls Road
On 16 March 1988, IRA members Daniel McCann, Seán Savage and Mairéad Farrell, who had been killed by the SAS in Gibraltar, were due to be buried in the republican plot at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast. In a change from normal security forces procedure the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British army had agreed to stay away from the funeral. The funeral service and requiem mass went ahead as planned and the cortege made its way to Milltown cemetery off the Falls Road
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