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Fr Austin Flannery dies aged 83

Fr Austin Flannery - Chairman of Irish Anti-apartheid movement
Fr Austin Flannery - Chairman of Irish Anti-apartheid movement

Fr Austin Flannery, the Dominican priest and social justice campaigner, has died. He was 83.

A native of Tipperary, Fr Austin contributed to and edited a number of Catholic publications.

He also lectured on spirituality and was an authority on the second Vatican Council.

He was President and Chairman of the Irish Anti-apartheid movement