Tuesday marked 50 years since Senator Bill Fox was shot dead near Clones in Co Monaghan.
He was the only member of the Oireachtas to be murdered during the Troubles.
The 35-year-old had been visiting the family home of his girlfriend Marjorie Coulson near Clones, when he interrupted a Provisional IRA raid.
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Ronan Gargan has been been speaking to Fine Gael councillor Sean Gilliland on the death of the local senator 50 years on.