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Coroner told of increase in sensitive state material linked to loyalist murder

The volume of sensitive state material related to the loyalist shooting of a nightclub doorman has increased significantly in the last eight years, a coroner has been told. Former republican prisoner Seamus Dillon was gunned down by the LVF outside ...

26 Sept 2022 at 18:08

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Bellaghy GAA club show support to family of murdered Sean Brown

Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAC has called on the entire Association to support the family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown. Mr Brown was attacked and beaten by an LVF gang as he locked the gates at the Bellaghy club on May 12 1997. He was then taken ...

22 Dec 2023 at 11:28

Northern Ireland

Coroner urges public inquiry into GAA official’s murder as inquest ‘compromised’

A coroner has called on the Government to order a public inquiry into the murder of a senior GAA official after ruling an inquest cannot proceed due to the withholding of sensitive files. Mr Justice Kinney said his ability to examine the death ...

04 Mar 2024 at 19:58

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Inquest into 1997 shooting of County Derry GAA official Sean Brown to open in March

The first stage of an inquest into the fatal shooting of a GAA official in Co Derry 26 years ago is set to open next month. Sean Brown, 61, was abducted in Bellaghy by loyalist terrorists and shot dead in May 1997. He was taken by a Loyalist ...

22 Feb 2023 at 21:08

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RTÉ 'Murder of a GAA Chairman' to shed light on the unanswered questions of the family of Sean Brown

A documentary, which chronicles a County Derry family's journey as they seek redress for the injustice of the murder of their husband and father, is set to air on RTÉ next week. On May 12, 1997, in the small rural village of Bellaghy in ...

18 Apr 2024 at 09:55

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Crowds remember Sean Brown in Bellaghy 25 years after his murder

Hundreds turned out in a County Derry village last week to mark 25 years since the murder of a local GAA chairperson. Sean Brown (inset) was murdered by members of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) on May 12 1997. He was 61 years old ...

18 May 2022 at 09:00

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Inquest into 1997 shooting of GAA official Sean Brown to open in March

22 Feb 2023 at 17:22

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Maghera family has ‘no confidence’ in ICRIR to probe allegations of collusion in murder

The family of a man killed by loyalists in 1998 say they have “no confidence” in a new legacy body to probe allegations of collusion in the case. Fergal McCusker, 29, from Maghera, was killed at the back of a youth club on January ...

19 Sept 2024 at 16:46

Northern Ireland

Family has ‘no confidence’ in ICRIR to probe allegations of collusion in murder

The family of a man killed by loyalists in 1998 say they have “no confidence” in a new legacy body to probe allegations of collision in the case. Fergal McCusker, 29, from Maghera, was killed at the back of a youth club on ...

19 Sept 2024 at 17:44

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Sean Brown’s family await outcome of judicial review on public inquiry into his murder

The family of Sean Brown has thanked the people of Derry for supporting the ongoing campaign for a public inquiry into his killing. Chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA Club, Mr Brown (61) was abducted and murdered by the ...

12 Nov 2024 at 13:00

Northern Ireland

Inquest into death of LVF victim set to begin next year

An inquest into the death of a former republican prisoner who was gunned down outside a nightclub by the LVF in 1997 is set to begin next year. The shooting of doorman Seamus Dillon, 45, a father of three, outside the ...

30 Aug 2022 at 16:23

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