The Murder of Seamus Ludlow in County Louth, May 1976. Towards a public inquiry?
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Introduction to the murder of Seamus Ludlow and the official cover-up. Michael Cunningham investigation - 1978 The recent Campaign for Truth and Justice. Irish Victims Commission Report. Ludlow family's questions for the RUC (now the PSNI). Jim J. Kane's letter to the N I Human Rights Commission. Jim J. Kane's letter to the RUC Ludlow Family Letter to Bertie Ahern Other Ludlow Family Sites.
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The Sunday Independent, 12 May 2002:
Dead
man's son appeals to Louth voters to question SF candidate
THE brutal IRA
murder of Tom Oliver has become an election issue in the tightly fought Louth
constituency, following an emotional and eloquent appeal by Mr Oliver's only son
Eugene. In a constituency
where Sinn Fein looks set to take a seat, Eugene Oliver urged the electorate to
ask the Sinn Fein candidate a number of questions. Writing in
Dundalk's local paper, The Argus, he said: "With the General Election on
top of us, it is time to ask Sinn Fein candidate Arthur Morgan a number of
questions. "For the past
few years, Sinn Fein has been campaigning for a judicial enquiry into the brutal
murder of local man Seamus Ludlow. "Arthur Morgan
is rightly encouraging people to assist in every possible way to bring his
killers to justice. "What does Mr
Morgan as a Sinn Fein candidate have to say about another cowardly, local,
brutal, kidnapping and murder, that of my father Tom Oliver? "What is the
difference between the murders of Seamus Ludlow and Tom Oliver? "Sinn Fein
recently celebrated 30 years of the 'greatest guerrilla army in the world' and
presented distinguished service awards to the families of 'volunteers' who died. "Does Arthur
Morgan, as the Sinn Fein candidate, have anything to say to my mother, my six
sisters and myself who were widowed and left fatherless by that brave
army?" According to an
opinion poll in the Drogheda Independent, Arthur Morgan will almost certainly
take the last seat for Sinn Fein. When Tom Oliver was
murdered in July 1991, the IRA branded him "an informer" because he
was doing his civic duty and had reported an incident to the gardai. The Cooley
peninsula, where he lived, had been used as a place to store arms. The gardai and his
family immediately rejected the IRA's allegations and a local priest who had
served in the parish before the murder said at the time: "I never
experienced anything like this murder in all my time there. We have to do
something to express ourselves against violence." Mr Oliver, 37, a
father of seven, was abducted near his farm at Riverstown, Dundalk. He was shot
six times in the head and was dressed by his murderers in a boiler suit and his
shoes removed. He was only
positively identified by an old operation scar on his hand. Local councillor
Terry Brennan said: "Nobody I have spoken to accepts one word of what the
Provisional IRA are saying. There is the most widespread revulsion I have ever
known at the murder." Sinn Fein candidate
Arthur Morgan has yet to reply to Eugene Oliver's questions on behalf of his
murdered father. LIAM COLLINS The Argus, 10 May 2002: Oliver family now seeking answers from SF candidate The Times, 10 May 2002: IRA killing haunts Sinn Fein poll campaign I Homepage I I Top I I Barron Inquiry I I Terms of reference for Barron Inquiry I I Press Coverage I I Latest I I Press Coverage I I Latest I
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