{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_xwxbars72bqaziogtgla","title":"How IRA kidnapped world famous racehorse to fund guns as suspected ringleader STILL refuses to talk about case 43yrs on","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/how-ira-kidnapped-world-famous-racehorse-to-fund-guns-as-suspected-xwxbars72b","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_xwxbars72bqaziogtgla","seq":300669,"kind":"article","title":"How IRA kidnapped world famous racehorse to fund guns as suspected ringleader STILL refuses to talk about case 43yrs on","url":"https://www.thesun.ie/news/17681623/shergar-ira-kidnap-racing-horse-ireland-mystery","summary":"WHEN bank jobs stopped paying off in the Troubles, the IRA allegedly turned to stealing the world’s most famous racehorse — for a huge ransom demand. And 43 years later, suspected Shergar kidnap ringleader Kevin Mallon still refuses to talk about the audacious plot. The former IRA terror chief, now in his 80s, has long...","published":"2026-09-27T20:30:00Z","seen":"2026-09-27T20:59:19Z","lang":"en","country":"IE","source":{"id":"kite-thesun-ie-df79b4","name":"thesun.ie","domain":"thesun.ie","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q134463048","name":"The Irish Sun","type":"newspaper","country":"IE","designations":["daily newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thesun-ie-df79b4","authors":["Michael Doyle"],"entities":[{"id":"Q4746875","name":"Amit Shah","type":"person"}],"image":"https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F09%2Fwalter-swinburn-racehorse-shergar-wins-1111103821.jpg?quality%3D90%26","story":"st_xwxbars72bqaziogtgla","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.8299999833106995,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7400000095367432,"political":0.27000001072883606}]}