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Crowd backs calls for public inquiry into 1997 murder of GAA official

The home town of a GAA official murdered almost 30 years ago came to a standstill on Friday evening as thousands showed their support for his family’s call for a public inquiry. It comes after the UK Government confirmed that it will seek to appeal ...

16 May 2025 at 21:59

Northern Ireland

Irish deputy leader Harris meets with family of Sean Brown

The family of a murdered GAA official has held a meeting with Irish deputy premier Simon Harris as part of a campaign for a public inquiry into his death. It comes after the UK Government confirmed it will seek a Supreme Court appeal over a court ...

12 May 2025 at 18:12

Northern Ireland

Family of Sean Brown hail ‘very promising meeting’ with Tanaiste

The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown have hailed a “very promising” meeting with Irish deputy premier Simon Harris. Mr Brown’s daughter, Siobhan, said they left Mr Harris “in no uncertain terms what us as a family have been going ...

13 May 2025 at 03:29

National News

'The name of Sean Brown will haunt the British establishment' - reaction to RTÉ documentary

The RTÉ documentary, Murder of a GAA Chairman, on the abduction from a GAA ground and murder of Sean Brown, has provoked a strong response and added to further calls for a public inquiry into the case. Murdered locking up his GAA club in ...

23 Apr 2024 at 15:09

National News

Sean Brown’s family criticise Government move over public inquiry ruling

The family of a murdered GAA official has criticised the Government’s response to a court ruling that found it was acting unlawfully in failing to order a public inquiry into the killing. On Wednesday, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary ...

01 May 2025 at 10:50

National News

Public inquiry only current way to deliver truth to Sean Brown’s family – Harris

A public inquiry is currently the only way to deliver a human rights-compliant investigation into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown, the Tanaiste has insisted. Simon Harris reiterated his support for the Brown family on a visit to ...

19 May 2025 at 18:03

Northern Ireland

Martin ‘not yet convinced’ Labour will fully repeal Legacy Act

Tanaiste Micheal Martin has said he is not yet convinced that the new Labour Government will fully repeal the previous administration’s controversial Act to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Mr Martin said that ...

17 Sept 2024 at 10:43

Northern Ireland

Family of Sean Brown has waited too long for truth – Simon Harris

The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown has waited “too long” for truth and justice, Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said. Speaking after a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference at Hillsborough ...

24 Apr 2025 at 18:05

Northern Ireland

Legacy Act prevented ‘landing zone’ being reached for Troubles victims – Harris

The Legacy Act prevented a “landing zone” being reached that could have enabled Troubles victims to secure truth and answers, Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said. The Tanaiste said he hoped that the Irish Government ...

28 Jan 2025 at 16:11

National News

Widow remembers 'very fair-minded' GAA official killed during Troubles as inquest opens

A man killed by loyalists 26 years ago has been described as a “fair-minded person who treated everybody the same”. The widow of Sean Brown, 61, a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) official who was abducted and killed by ...

30 Mar 2023 at 17:06

GAA

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 ...

22 Dec 2023 at 11:48

Northern Ireland

Protest told introduction of new legacy laws is ‘day of shame’

The beginning of new legacy arrangements which shut down some Troubles-era inquests represents a “day of shame”, Sinn Fein MP John Fincane has said. Mr Finucane addressed a protest outside the headquarters of the ...

01 May 2024 at 15:14

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