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Senior judge to meet victims’ families over legacy inquests

Posted By: January 22, 2016

Irish News (Belfast). Friday, January 22, 2016 The lord chief justice is to meet with all victims’ families next month as part of his review of legacy inquests.It will be the first time Sir Declan Morgan has met such a large group of those bereaved by killings and he will seek their views on how matters can be dealt with […]

Justice and truth is least colluding state can offer

Posted By: January 22, 2016

Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast).Thankfully most of us will never have to experience the pain of losing a loved one in violent circumstances.But if we ever did the expectation would be that the person responsible would be held to account for that murder. Not in a vengeful way but by being subjected to the full rigours of the law, facing […]

Judge tells PSNI to hand over murder case files

Posted By: January 21, 2016

Connla Young. Irish News. Wednesday, January 20, 2016A judge has given the PSNI two weeks to hand over files relating to murdered GAA official Sean Brown.A senior judge has ordered the PSNI to hand over documents relating to the murder of Co Derry GAA official Sean Brown within two weeks.Lord Justice Reg Weir made the demand after it emerged that […]

Put Scappaticci before a court

Posted By: January 18, 2016

Irish News Editorial (Belfast). Monday, January 18, 2016 The case of the notorious west Belfast IRA figure Freddie Scappaticci – widely believed to be the top-level British army agent known as Stakeknife – is deeply disturbing in every respect.Scappaticci has been linked to at least 20 murders carried out by the IRA internal security unit called ‘the Nutting Squad’, although there have […]

Father of man killed by IRA: Why has ‘serial killer’ Stakeknife not been charged over murders?

Posted By: January 16, 2016

Shooting victim’s father says Scappaticci gave him details of son’s killing Allison Morris. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, January 16, 2016   Frank Mulhern, father of Joseph Mulhern who was shot by IRA in July 1993. Picture by Mal Mc Cann    Joseph Mulhern who was shot dead by the IRA in 1993 and his body […]

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