Parade to include attack survivors

A breakthrough in cross community relations has been claimed by the organisers of this year's St Patrick's Day parade in Armagh…

A breakthrough in cross community relations has been claimed by the organisers of this year's St Patrick's Day parade in Armagh.

The parade committee secretary, Mr Malachy Toal, confirmed that together In the parade will be Mr Alan Black, a survivor of the Kingsmills massacre in which 10 Protestant workmen were shot dead, and Mrs Sadie Reavey, also from south Armagh, a Catholic who had three sons shot dead in the same week.

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