Jake Mac Siacais speaks to the Sunday World. A FORMER IRA man who spent years in the next cell to hunger striker Bobby Sands has opened up…… Read more “‘I hadn’t cried since my grandmother died in 1963, but I cried the night Bobby Sands died’”
Author: Patricia Devlin
Award winning journalist based in Ireland covering crime and investigations.
“How can you take a rapist off the street and let him out again to potentially attack someone else?”
A BELFAST woman raped while on holiday in Europe has told how she felt “abandoned” after reporting the horror attack. Alicia Perry (44) said she was left stranded…… Read more ““How can you take a rapist off the street and let him out again to potentially attack someone else?””
‘I want to clear my father’s name. In my eyes he was murdered in the street in cold blood…it’s time for the truth’
IT’S been just over 47 years since west Belfast man Stan Carberry last saw his father. “I can remember it well,” the 55 year-old recalled. “I was eight years-old at…… Read more “‘I want to clear my father’s name. In my eyes he was murdered in the street in cold blood…it’s time for the truth’”
‘I knew Stephen was struggling but he’d so much to live for. We will be a voice for those suffering’
THE best friend of late radio star Stephen Clements has vowed to use his memory to help those struggling with mental health issues. Larry Goodey, the BBC…… Read more “‘I knew Stephen was struggling but he’d so much to live for. We will be a voice for those suffering’”
Progress? Yes. But change?
Article first published in the Mid Ulster Mail on August 17, 2012 Bernadette Devlin LITTLE has changed in the 40 years since Bernadette Devlin McAliskey took her…… Read more “Progress? Yes. But change?”
Masked UVF thugs stormed Ian Ogle’s place of work a year before murder
MURDERED loyalist Ian Ogle predicted his own death after masked UVF thugs stormed his place of work a year before he was butchered in the street. The…… Read more “Masked UVF thugs stormed Ian Ogle’s place of work a year before murder”
‘The British government has dragged us through the mud for 45 years – now there’s proof one of their officers was involved in the massacre’ – Des Lee
A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre has called the existence of army documents naming an undercover solider at the scene as “the final nail in the…… Read more “‘The British government has dragged us through the mud for 45 years – now there’s proof one of their officers was involved in the massacre’ – Des Lee”
‘It’s 21 years since the boys were murdered, and I believe so much more could come out now…police should reopen case’
THE father of the youngest victim in the shocking sectarian murders of three children has said the PSNI should reopen the investigation into their deaths. David Joyce,…… Read more “‘It’s 21 years since the boys were murdered, and I believe so much more could come out now…police should reopen case’”
‘RUC officer helped Greysteel killer move and hide gun weeks before atrocity’
A ROGUE RUC officer helped UDA killer Torrens Knight move and hide a gun just weeks before it was used in the 1993 Greysteel ‘Trick or Treat’…… Read more “‘RUC officer helped Greysteel killer move and hide gun weeks before atrocity’”
‘I believe IRA man sent to murder me is being protected by security services’, says former British Agent
POLICE investigating the attempted murder of British agent Martin McGartland have failed to arrest or question a man identified as a suspect more than 10 years ago.…… Read more “‘I believe IRA man sent to murder me is being protected by security services’, says former British Agent”
