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13/08/2007
Father In Uproar Over Community Funding
The father of a murdered schoolboy has urged the Irish government to change its decision over funding to a loyalist community.
15-year-old Thomas Devlin was stabbed in the back five times as he walked home in 10 August 2005, and no one has been convicted of the murder.
His father, Jim Devlin, said workers in the loyalist Mount Vernon area estate, North Belfast, had a responsibility to hand over the killers.
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has promised £2,700 for grass roots development in Mount Vernon.
However, Mr Devlin has written to Mr Ahern and is calling for a meeting to raise his concerns.
He said: "He was just a 15-year-old schoolboy and I am calling on the community leaders to give information about Thomas's murder."
Last year, police said that nine people were questioned about the murder and more than 900 statements had been taken in relation to the killing.
(CD/SP)
15-year-old Thomas Devlin was stabbed in the back five times as he walked home in 10 August 2005, and no one has been convicted of the murder.
His father, Jim Devlin, said workers in the loyalist Mount Vernon area estate, North Belfast, had a responsibility to hand over the killers.
Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has promised £2,700 for grass roots development in Mount Vernon.
However, Mr Devlin has written to Mr Ahern and is calling for a meeting to raise his concerns.
He said: "He was just a 15-year-old schoolboy and I am calling on the community leaders to give information about Thomas's murder."
Last year, police said that nine people were questioned about the murder and more than 900 statements had been taken in relation to the killing.
(CD/SP)
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