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‘Great friend of Ireland’: IRA kidnap victim Tiede Herrema dies aged 99
Dutch industrialist abducted in 1975 and held for 36 days dies days after his wife
Elisabeth Herrema, wife of Dutch industrialist kidnapped by IRA, dies
The 94-year-old made key intervention during Dr Tiede Herrema’s 1975 kidnap ordeal
Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97
Obituary: Liam Cosgrave was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23
Tiede Herrema: ‘The kidnappers were nervous. So was I’
Weekend Read: 40 years ago the businessman was abducted by the IRA and held for 36 days. He survived by keeping his captors calm and using survival skills honed in a second World War concentration camp
The kidnapping: Tiede Herrema’s ordeal
Weekend read: The Dutch industrialist was abducted in October 1975 by Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle, two republicans who held him for 36 days
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