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Comprehensive Investigation needed into Belturbet bombing of December 1972

Comprehensive Investigation needed into Belturbet bombing of December 1972 Reporter: );   ); Cavan Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has renewed a call for a proper, full and comprehensive investigation into the Belturbet bombing of 28th December 1972, which caused the deaths of two teenagers Geraldine O’Reilly, aged 15, and Patrick Stanley, aged 16. Deputy Smith said, This is the 48th anniversary of an awful tragedy where two innocent teenagers lost their lives and many others were injured. Very regrettably nobody has ever been brought to justice for this heinous crime. The very least the families of Geraldine O’Reilly and Patrick Stanley deserve is to know the identity of those who planned and carried out this atrocity.

RTÉ s vivid telling of Christy Ring s story gave us man, ball and blood, too

My last column before Christmas is a plum pudding from which I will pluck out some sweet plums and a few bitter almonds. First plum: the Cork Holly Bough, which carries a fine picture of a relieved and happy Micheál Martin with his family, probably taken after he was finally reunited with them after his long Covid separation. It also carries my modest piece on the politics of Niall Tóibín, who in New York once reflected that if Jewish comedians could make jokes about the Holocaust, surely we could get over the Famine? Another fine plum is my annual letter from Tadhg O Leary of Mayfield, Cork, in flying column form this year. He begins as usual with ironic congratulations: I must commend you for your consistence in sullying the names of our Freedom fighters. And he goes on to excoriate the British Empire for its colonial crimes.

Pat Flanagan: If you want a conspiracy in Ireland our past is the place to look

Pat Flanagan: If you want a conspiracy in Ireland our past is the place to look RTE did a powerful documentary about the Belturbet bombing, which claimed the lives of Geraldine O’Reilly, 15, and 16-year-old Paddy Stanley Belturbet Bomb (Image: Paddy Ronaghan/ RTE) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Claims Councillor was key figure in UDA bridge bombing

A FORMER Fermanagh Unionist Councillor has been described as “a leading member of the UDA” who enlisted the help of a British Army officer to enable the Loyalist paramilitary group blow up Aghalane Bridge in 1972. Jack Leahy, a well-known publican in Lisnaskea and a member of the Ulster Unionist group on Fermanagh District Council, was identified by Captain Vernon Rees in an audio interview taped by the Imperial War Museum. Rees admitted that he agreed to Leahy’s request to keep troops away from the bridge for four hours while Loyalists bombed Aghalane. Furthermore, Rees – responsible for British Army security along the south Fermanagh Border in the early 1970s – passed his agreement through Special Branch.

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