Joe McCann

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The Official IRA terrorist Joe McCann, whose 1972 killing led to two elderly soldiers being tried for murder. "The sad fact is that had he not died he would probably have gone on to kill many more times," writes Dr Bill Duff

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A memorial plaque in Joy Street in the Markets area of Belfast where IRA man Joe McCann was shot dead in 1972.

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Joe McCann.

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Joe McCann died in the Markets area of Belfast in 1972

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Joe McCann.
Picture: Pacemaker Archive

Two ex-soldiers to stand trial over killing of Official IRA man

Joe McCann, a prominent Official IRA figure, was shot dead in Belfast in 1972

Bid to secure anonymity by troops charged with murder

Members of Joe McCann's family, (back row) children Aine, Feargal and Nuala with widow Anne (front) outside Belfast Magistrates' Court where two former soldiers accused of murdering an Official IRA commander in Northern Ireland are asking for their identities to be withheld during court proceedings

Accused ex-Paras seek anonymity in Official IRA murder case

Arlene Foster at Stormont this week with DUP colleagues

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The Director of Public Prosecutions, Barra McGrory QC.
Picture Mark Marlow/Harrison Photography

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Sir Gerald Howarth, Conservative MP, in the House of Commons attacking Barra McGrory DPP

Tory MP condemns legal threat by '˜Sinn Fein-supporting' Barra McGrory

The 1987 scene of an SAS operation at Loughgall when a notorious IRA gang was stopped as it attacked an isolated RUC station. Now relatives of the terrorist dead are demanding a legacy inquest.

Unionists fear that DUP might agree to fund legacy inquests

The bullet riddled van in which eight IRA men were shot dead by the SAS outside Loughgall RUC station in 1987. Their relatives are suing for a legacy inqest to be held into the deaths. Picture by Pacemaker

DUP declines to rule out SF demand for legacy inquests into state killings

April 17, 1972, a British Army armoured vehicle makes its way along a barricade while on patrol in the Lower Falls area of west Belfast. AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz

Former Tory peer calls for end to '˜betrayal' of veterans over Troubles killings

Captain Doug Beattie, formerly of the 1st Ballalion, the Royal Irish Regiment who was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery during operations in Afghanistan. Picture: Diane Magill

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Official IRA gunman Joe McCann is silhouetted by flames during anti-internment rioting in Belfasts Markets district in August 1971

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Joe McCann was blamed for the murder of Royal Green Jackets soldier Robert Bankier in 1971

Murdered soldier's daughter: IRA man Joe McCann got what he deserved

Official IRA man Joe McCann who was killed in Belfast in 1972. Photo: Pacemaker, Belfast

'˜Joe McCann was a ruthless and dangerous terrorist'

Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster is pictured with Warmflow Engineering Co Ltd Managing Director Stuart Cousins during a visit to the company's premises.

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Parachute regiment soldiers in Londonderry on Bloody Sunday in 1972. Two elderly former members of the regiment face a murder trial over a separate killing in NI from that year. Photo: Pacemaker Press

Two elderly ex soldiers, aged in their 60s, to face murder trial for shooting IR...
Two former soldiers are to be prosecuted for allegedly murdering an Official IRA man in Northern Ireland.
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Sanctimony and hypocrisy from Rev Ivan Foster

The famous photo of Joe McCann taken by photographer Victor Patterson in Eliza Street on August 9, 1971.

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Rev Ivan Foster

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