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Charles Dooher, a 26-year-old farmer from Lifford in County Donegal, was at home when a masked gang beat him with iron bars and other weapons on 20 January.

The incident happened on the N14, north of Lifford, near Ballinalecky Cross, early on Friday.

John Doherty was ambushed by the IRA while visiting his widowed mother near Lifford, just across the border.

On the 28 October 1973 he crossed the border to visit his widowed mother Annie at the family home at Ballindrait near Lifford.

Just a mile from the centre circle you cross a bridge from Strabane, County Tyrone, and arrive in Lifford, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland.