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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted By: January 15, 2016
Northern Ireland’s legacy issues are left aside by politicians as relatives demand justiceSusan McKay. Irish Times. Friday, January 15, 2016 When Sarah Reavey was in her first year at Our Lady’s Grammar School in Newry, Co Down, in 1999, her English teacher asked her class to write a poem.“Everyone else wrote about their pets and going on holiday and silly, fun stuff,” […]