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19/02/2008
Quinn Dad Demands 'Criminal' Slur Retraction
Stephen Quinn - father of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn, who died after a brutal beating by up to 10 men with iron bars near Castleblayney in the Irish Republic last October - has called on Sinn Fein to withdraw claims that his son was involved in criminal activity.
Speaking at the latest of the family's high profile meetings with politicians - this time at the NI Assembly - he said that while he has blamed members of the IRA for the murder - which Sinn Fein have denied - he wants the party to withdraw allegations that his late son was involved in criminality, which is inferring that criminal activity was connected in some way to his murder.
The NI Assembly motion, from SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley, noted that the British and Irish governments have made clear they do not believe claims that Mr Quinn was involved in any criminality.
Assessments by the PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde and the ceasefire watchdog, the Independent Monitoring Commission, that current or former IRA members may have been involved, was also to be discussed.
While there's been no response to his demand for a retraction to date, the South Armagh man remains convinced that his son's murderers would eventually be brought to justice.
"I think the Gardá and the PSNI are doing their best and I think it is going to come out who they were and all about it," said Stephen Quinn.
"I'm very confident and hopeful they'll be caught," he said, noting the Irish police are pursuing 1,200 lines of inquiry into the murder."
See: British-Irish Meeting Highlighting Quinn Murder
(BMcC)
Speaking at the latest of the family's high profile meetings with politicians - this time at the NI Assembly - he said that while he has blamed members of the IRA for the murder - which Sinn Fein have denied - he wants the party to withdraw allegations that his late son was involved in criminality, which is inferring that criminal activity was connected in some way to his murder.
The NI Assembly motion, from SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley, noted that the British and Irish governments have made clear they do not believe claims that Mr Quinn was involved in any criminality.
Assessments by the PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde and the ceasefire watchdog, the Independent Monitoring Commission, that current or former IRA members may have been involved, was also to be discussed.
While there's been no response to his demand for a retraction to date, the South Armagh man remains convinced that his son's murderers would eventually be brought to justice.
"I think the Gardá and the PSNI are doing their best and I think it is going to come out who they were and all about it," said Stephen Quinn.
"I'm very confident and hopeful they'll be caught," he said, noting the Irish police are pursuing 1,200 lines of inquiry into the murder."
See: British-Irish Meeting Highlighting Quinn Murder
(BMcC)
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