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A Matter of Life and Death

- Ian Milne: policeman, prison officer, peacemaker, funeral director
Engelsk Paperback

A Matter of Life and Death

- Ian Milne: policeman, prison officer, peacemaker, funeral director
Engelsk Paperback
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Ian Milne is one of Northern Ireland''s most respected funeral directors who has businesses in Portadown, Lurgan and Banbridge. But there''s more to Milne than meets the eye. Much more. And in this fascinating book leading journalist Ivan Little explores the lesser known sides to Milne who''s a former policeman, prison officer and peacemaker.

In the later role he spent years acting as a secret mediator in the poisonous Drumcree dispute in his native Portadown, trying to find a solution to the annual impasse over a contentious Orange Order parade that regularly sparked trouble on the streets of Northern Ireland and saw Milne coming into regular contact with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Significantly his tireless efforts, which brought death threats in their wake, are praised in the book by Portadown Orangemen and by the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition as well as by churchmen and business leaders. But Milne also reveals how he was sexually abused as a child; how he could have been killed in a bomb trap and how a phone call from a doctor stopped him taking his own life in the midst of a financial crisis. But there''s humour too with Milne recalling how he once fell into a grave during a burial and how he appeared on radio to tell Gloria Hunniford about his prize-winning goats and his dreams of becoming an actor.

Milne also talks about his passion for motorbike racing as well as his split loyalties as a supporter of both Portadown and Glenavon Football Clubs.

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Ian Milne is one of Northern Ireland''s most respected funeral directors who has businesses in Portadown, Lurgan and Banbridge. But there''s more to Milne than meets the eye. Much more. And in this fascinating book leading journalist Ivan Little explores the lesser known sides to Milne who''s a former policeman, prison officer and peacemaker.

In the later role he spent years acting as a secret mediator in the poisonous Drumcree dispute in his native Portadown, trying to find a solution to the annual impasse over a contentious Orange Order parade that regularly sparked trouble on the streets of Northern Ireland and saw Milne coming into regular contact with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Significantly his tireless efforts, which brought death threats in their wake, are praised in the book by Portadown Orangemen and by the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition as well as by churchmen and business leaders. But Milne also reveals how he was sexually abused as a child; how he could have been killed in a bomb trap and how a phone call from a doctor stopped him taking his own life in the midst of a financial crisis. But there''s humour too with Milne recalling how he once fell into a grave during a burial and how he appeared on radio to tell Gloria Hunniford about his prize-winning goats and his dreams of becoming an actor.

Milne also talks about his passion for motorbike racing as well as his split loyalties as a supporter of both Portadown and Glenavon Football Clubs.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9781838188900
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1838188908
Kategori: Northern Ireland
Udg. Dato: 10 nov 2020
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 240mm
Højde: 166mm
Forlag: Cedric Wilson Publishing
Oplagsdato: 10 nov 2020
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Kategori Northern Ireland


ISBN-13 9781838188900


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 16mm


Bredde 240mm


Højde 166mm


Udg. Dato 10 nov 2020


Oplagsdato 10 nov 2020


Forlag Cedric Wilson Publishing

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