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Archive | November, 2014
Shotgun blast could have killed grandkids
gunmen who blasted a shotgun at the window of a home containing two young children in Ardoyne last night had no regard for life, the victim has said. Gerard Lagan was in his living room with his back to the window when the attack took place in Butler’s Walk at around 9.30pm. Mr Lagan’s head […]
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Joan left to die alone in the dark
The daughter of a woman killed in the Ballymurphy Massacre has spoken of her fresh heartache with news her mother lay alone slowly dying for up to six hours when medical treatment could have saved her life. Mother of eight children Joan Connolly was shot by the British army on August 9, 1971 after leaving […]
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Justice came late for scapegoat airman
The murder of Patricia Curran (19) in November 1952 sent shockwaves all over Ireland and beyond. By the end of the year the RUC were being criticised for lack of progress in finding the killer and by this time had enlisted the help of Scotland Yard who sent over Superintendent John Capstick – known as […]
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Loyalist murder bid bullet ‘still in victim’s leg’
A BULLET at the centre of an investigation into a failed murder bid by feuding loyalists in Tiger’s Bay is still in the leg of John Boreland, a source close to the former UDA chief has claimed. Boreland was shot during an alleged ambush by up to ten men in the Carr’s Glen area of […]
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Joy and sadness as Brendan is identified
HUMAN remains found in County Meath at the start of October were those of West Belfast man and one of the IRA’s ‘Disappeared’ victims, Brendan Megraw, it was confirmed this week. Brendan’s remains were found in a drainage ditch on Oristown Bog, near Kells, by contractors called in to prepare the site for forensic excavations. […]
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