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at the time. Kelly called him a liar, saying that before there could be any reconciliation, there had to be truth, and "I want truth today. Murder is murder. I want justice for my father." He later described McGuinness' presidential bid as an "obscenity, because his organisation killed members of the
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in Limerick and all the other people." McGuinness later responded, stating that "As a republican leader I have never and would never stand over attacks on the Garda Síochána or the Defence Forces." However, he refused to condemn the killings of Kelly and Sheehan.
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In 2008, on the 25th anniversary of his death, a plaque was unveiled in his honour in his home town of Moate. Kelly's family including his widow Catriona attended, as did Don Tidey.
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security forces... I feel sympathy for all people who were killed by the Provisional IRA over the years - Detective Garda
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killed during the rescue of kidnapped supermarket executive Don Tidey. He was posthumously awarded the
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On 16 July 2012, Kelly was posthumously awarded the Military Star by
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Kelly was killed in the line of duty along with trainee
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Patrick Kelly (Irish soldier)
Irish Army
private
Defence Forces
Military Star
Moate
County Westmeath
Private
Garda
Gary Sheehan
rescue of Don Tidey
Ballinamore
County Leitrim
Brendan McFarlane
2011 Irish presidential election
Sinn FĂ©in
Martin McGuinness
IRA Army Council
Jerry McCabe
Minister for Justice and Equality
Defence
Alan Shatter
Michael J. Reynolds
Deaths of Henry Byrne and John Morley
INLA
Death of Jerry McCabe
"McFarlane trial collapses"
"McGuinness acts to deal with controversy on soldier's death"
"Private Kelly honoured in Moate"
"Soldier killed in 1983 honoured"

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