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Guildford Four files 'must be released'. Government of Ireland. Image source, PA. Gerry Conlon pictured in , two years after his release. The Guildford Four served 15 years before they were freed. Ann McKernan said her brother showed great dignity. Image source, National Archives. A memo referred to a request for statements to be redrafted.

The Guildford Four. Guildford was known as a "garrison town", with several barracks nearby 22 October - Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson - the Guildford Four - jailed for life 19 October - After years of campaigning, the Court of Appeal quashes the convictions, ruling them as unsafe 9 February - Prime Minister Tony Blair formally apologises to the Guildford Four for the miscarriage of justice they suffered.

In , the Court of Appeal found that Conlon had an alibi and had not committed those bombings. Conlon had served a full fifteen years in prison for the circumstantial evidence and false confessions. Today, Conlon is an advocate for wrongly imprisoned people like the Birmingham Six and the Bridgewater Three. In the Name of the Father , a movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is partially inspired by his autobiography which was released in Mr O'Rawe said Mr Conlon, who he had known since they were children growing up in the lower Falls area of west Belfast, was plagued by frequent and vivid nightmares, often about his father.

But the play also deals with Mr Conlon's successful rehab, his joyful return to Belfast and his work as a tireless campaigner for those who had been wrongfully convicted. Mr Blaney will play Gerry Conlon and dozens of other characters in a new one-man play.

Northern Ireland news. Guildford Four man Gerry Conlon's life after prison the focus of a new play A NEW play about Gerry Conlon will tell the story of his extreme highs and lows following his release - from a friendship with a Hollywood star to an addiction to crack and his later work as a human rights campaigner.

Claire Simpson reports Gerry Conlon on the way out of the Old Bailey after his conviction was quashed in Picture by Hugh Russell. Enjoy reading the Irish News? Subscribe now to get full access.