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"CAN I GIVE HIM MY EYES?"

When Richard Moore, as a boy, was struck by a rubber bullet and lost his sight, his father, Liam, offered to give him his own eyes. 37 years later that question is the title of Richard's autobiography. Sarah Brett spoke to him about his remarkable story.

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"HERO" Richard Moore with children in Tanzania

Creggan man, Richard Moore, was aclaimed by the Dalai Lama as his hero - and the religious leader writes in the foreword of Richard Moore's autobiography: "It was wonderful to see that Richard had not only forgiven the soldier who fired the rubber bullet, but he had also befriended him".

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In the second part of Richard Moore's interview with Sarah Brett, he describes the moment his brother Noel told him he would never be able to see again. Why now he sees himself as "happy and contented" with his blindness. And how he rode a bike as a blind young man - into a group of tourists.

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