Left:
This photograph of the murdered Seamus Ludlow was only made available to
the Ludlow family in 2005, shortly before the fresh 
Photographed above are (L-R) Eoin Corrigan and John Courtney, two retired former Garda detectives who recently gave evidence at the fresh inquest into the death of Seamus Ludlow on 5-6 September 2005 as well as before the Oireachtas sub-committee on Justice which was examining the Barron Report (January and February 2006).
Mr Corrigan and Mr Courtney revealed that they were the officers who travelled to meet the RUC in Belfast on other business, in 1979, and were handed an RUC file which identified the four key suspects for the murder of Seamus Ludlow.
At no time did either officer ever reveal this information to the Ludlow family! Meanwhile, fellow gardai continued to spread lies and misinformation among members of the family.
Below: Here are the four suspects as they were shown in a recent BBC Spotlight documentary on the murder of Seamus Ludlow. The documentary 'The Death of an Ordinary Man' was shown on 10 October 2006.
Only Samuel Black-Carroll,
known as Mambo, (top left) agreed to be
interviewed. He denied having any involvement in the murder of Seamus Ludlow,
though he seemed unable to offer a straight yes or no answer to the BBC's
question did he ever kill!
Richard Long (right) was a serving British Army Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier at the time of the Seamus Ludlow murder. He was jailed for another murder soon after. He refused to be interviewed by the BBC, but was confronted anyway and denied involvement in Seamus Ludlow's murder.
Paul
Hosking (left) spoke of his presence at the murder to the RUC and the press in
1998. He refused to comment when confronted by the BBC on the street near his
home.
James
Reid Fitzsimmons (right) refused to talk to the BBC. However, it was revealed
that he remained in the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) until his retirement in 1994! It was
also revealed that at some point he was demoted after being found drunk in
possession of a firearm on the Shankill Road, Belfast. Ordinarilly, it should
seem remarkable that anyone suspected of being involved in murder, or having a
drink problem, would remain in the British forces for so long. Sadly, experience
tells us that this was considered no impediment at all! It is now known that the
British Army was well aware that as many as 15% of its UDR personnel were also
involved with loyalist death squads.
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Some links:
Relatives for Justice: http://www.relativesforjustice.com/ Pat Finucane Centre: http://www.patfinucanecentre.org British Irish Rights Watch: http://www.birw.org/ Irish Council for Civil Liberties: http://www.iccl.ie/ Celtic League: http://www.manxman.co.im/cleague/index.html Justice for the Forgotten: http://www.dublinmonaghanbombings.org/ An Fhirinne: http://www.anfhirinne.org/
The 1st. Barron Report on the May 1974
Dublin and Monaghan bombings can be downloaded in pdf format from: http://www.irlgov.ie/oireachtas/Committees-29th-D%E1il/jcjedwr-debates/InterimDubMon.pdf
The 2nd.Barron Report on the Dublin Bombings of 1972 and 1973, and other incidents along the Irish border, can be downloaded in pdf form from: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/committees29thdail/jcjedwr/Dublin_Barron_Rep031204.pdf |
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