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Belfast Telegraph
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
How ‘Walk for Truth' in support of late Sean Brown's family showcased best the GAA has to offer
There is no doubt that when GAA players and supporters get behind a good cause, they do not do so in half-measures. Such was the case last weekend when 'The Walk for Truth' in honour of the late Bellaghy GAA stalwart Sean Brown took place.
RTÉ News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- RTÉ News
Family of murdered GAA chairman Sean Brown to meet the Tánaiste
The family of murdered GAA chairman Sean Brown is to meet the Tánaiste Simon Harris in Dublin later, marking the 28th anniversary of his death. The family will arrive for talks at Government Buildings at 5pm. Mr Brown was abducted and shot dead by members of the Loyalist Volunteer Force as he locked up Bellaghy GAA club in Co Derry in 1997. Northern Ireland's Court of Appeal has affirmed a court order that the UK government should hold a public inquiry into the killing. The UK Government has said it intends to appeal the order to the Supreme Court in London. During an inquest it emerged that several agents of the British state were linked by intelligence to involvement in the murder. It was the first time such information had emerged despite several previous investigations. The inquest was stopped when the coroner ruled that the process was not able to properly deal with redacted intelligence material. The coroner later suggested that a public inquiry was the only avenue which could properly hear such evidence in closed sessions.
