Hostage demands Real IRA apology

"I thought it was a sick joke’: Joe O’Halloran at his home where he and three others were held hostage     PICTURE: Bill Smyth

A WEST Belfast grandfather last night demanded a public apology from the Real IRA after his family were held hostage by men claiming to be carrying out a tiger kidnapping on the organisation's behalf.

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