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Leading IRA figure Bobby Storey who escaped from Maze Prison dies

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leading IRA figure Bobby Storey has died, it has been announced today. Storey was a highly influential presence within Sinn Fein and the wider republican movement.

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald confirmed the news with "deep sadness". She added: "Bobby was a lifelong and very deeply committed Irish Republican whose passing will be received with great sadness by republicans throughout Ireland." Storey, from west Belfast, was a senior IRA figure throughout the Troubles and subsequent peace process.

Storey spent more than 20 years in prison during the Troubles.He was sentenced to 18 years for possession of a rifle in 1981 and also spent several periods behind bars remanded on other charges.

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