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The Barron Inquiry - Draft Terms of Reference for Inquiry - A Fresh Inquest - 2005 Inquest Account - BIRW Report - Witness Account - Ludlow Family Account - Sunday World report May 1976 - Meeting the Police Ombudsman - Ed Moloney Radio Interview - 25th Anniversary - Profile - Questions - Photographs - Press Release - Letter to RUC - Magill article 1999 - Press Coverage - Barron Report Published - Ludlow Family Response to Barron Report - Download the Barron Report from the Oireachtas website (pdf file) - Statement from Justice for the Forgotten - Joint Oireachtas Committee Request for Submissions - Joint statement from Justice for the Forgotten, Relatives for Justice and the Pat Finucane Centre - Download Transcript of Ludlow family meeting with Oireachtas Sub-Committee (Word file) Original Ludlow Family website - Second Ludlow Family website - The Dundalk Bombing The Irish Times, 15 February 2006: Ludlow case shows need for inquest notice Christine Newman Dublin city coroner, Dr Brian Farrell yesterday called for legislation to ensure that sufficient notice was given of an inquest to the family of the deceased. Dr Farrell said mandatory provision was essential so that timely notice was given. If the family did not turn up and there was no explanation, new laws should provide that a coroner adjourn the inquest. The coroner was addressing the Oireachtas sub-committee into the Barron report on the murder of Seamus Ludlow. Mr Ludlow (47), a forestry worker, was shot dead on May 2nd, 1976, at Thistle cross, Dundalk, Co Louth, as he went home after a night out. The Barron report said he had no connections with any subversive organisation. No one has ever been charged. The report said the RUC told the Garda in 1979 it believed four named loyalists were involved in the murder but the information was not pursued by gardai. Mr Ludlow's family was not informed of the orignal inquest in Dundalk in 1976. A garda went to the house of Mr Ludlow's brother on the morning of the hearing but he was away in Newry and could not be informed in time. Asked about this, Dr Farrell said he was reluctant to comment on one of his predecessors. "However, in our practice, that simply would not pass muster. The actual notification process was also not satisfactory and it looks as though the family was not contacted until the day of the inquest. Clearly adequate notice is required," he said. There was nothing in the legislation governing notice, so they had developed best practice and relied on common law. "Clearly we've moved on since 1976 but there's still no guidance. Gardai are asked to inform the family about an inquest," he said. "I would welcome making it mandatory for timely notice to be given to the family and if the family didn't turn up and there was no explanation, new legislation should say a coroner should then consider adjourning. He said he could not speak for the 45 coroners around the State, as procedures differed. I Top I Download the Barron Report from the Oireachtas website (pdf file) SUPPORT THE SEAMUS LUDLOW APPEAL FUND Bank of Ireland 78 Clanbrassil Street Dundalk County Louth IrelandAccount No. 70037984 Thank You.
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