Dessie O'Hare
Dessie O'Hare (born 26 October 1956), also known as "The Border Fox", is an Irish republican paramilitary who was once the most wanted man in Ireland.
Dessie O'Hare | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Border Fox |
| Born | 26 October 1956 Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Allegiance | Provisional Irish Republican Army Irish National Liberation Army Irish Revolutionary Brigade |
| Unit | South Armagh Brigade |
| Battles/wars | The Troubles |
O'Hare was originally in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) but left in the late 1970s following a series of disciplinary clashes. He later joined the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). After kidnapping a Dublin dentist and cutting off two of his fingers in 1987 he was imprisoned until 2006, when he was granted extended temporary release.
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