“You hear a bang, and it’s too late…”

Just listen to this. Morning Ireland repeated a recording first made on Christmas Eve 1999, to mark the publication of one of the most powerful and simply written books of the Troubles: Lost Lives. The quote above is from George Mitchell’s quotation of the simple and moving words of a desperately remorseful loyalist killer Billy Giles… The new edition is due to be issued in January..

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