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BreakingNews.ie
15-05-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Man to appear in court charged with 2021 murder of Danny McClean
A man has been charged with the murder of Danny McClean in 2021 and the attempted murder of another man earlier this year. The 50-year-old accused is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Thursday. Advertisement Police said he was arrested in north Belfast on Tuesday. Fifty-year-old man is charged with murder of Danny McClean, and attempted murder of another man. — Police West Belfast (@PSNIBelfastW) May 14, 2025 They said he was charged on Wednesday with the murder of Mr McClean in north Belfast in February 2021. The 54-year-old was shot as he sat in a car parked in the driveway of a property on the Cliftonville Road. He is also charged with the attempted murder of a 49-year-old man as he sat in a taxi in the Bell Steel Manor area of west Belfast on February 23rd this year, and with a number of firearms offences. Advertisement 'The man had also been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Jim Donegan, and has been released unconditionally,' a police spokesperson added. 'As is usual procedure, all charges are reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.'
Sunday World
15-05-2025
- Sunday World
Man charged with gun murder of Danny McClean and attempted murder of dissident republican
The suspect (50) is due in court today A man is due in court today charged with the murder of Danny McClean in Belfast more than four years ago. He is also accused of the attempted murder of taxi driver Sean O'Reilly in February. The suspect (50), who was arrested in north Belfast on Tuesday, has also been charged with firearms offences in relation to both incidents. He is expected to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Thursday morning Danny McClean Watch: Forensics at the scene of shooting in west Belfast The man had also been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Jim Donegan, also in Belfast, in December 2018, but he is not facing any charges in relation to this. As is usual procedure, all charges are reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service. The arrest of the suspect on Tuesday was made following a search by the PSNI's Major Investigation Team in north Belfast. Murder victim Danny McClean Detective Inspector Gina Quinn said: 'In respect of the attempted murder in west Belfast, a 49-year-old man was shot as he sat inside a taxi in the Bell Steel Manor area on the morning of Sunday 23 February. We believe two gunmen approached the vehicle on foot, and a number of shots were fired in a cold-blooded attack intended to kill. 'Danny McClean, aged 54, was murdered on the evening of 2 February 2021. He was shot a number of times by a gunman as he sat in a car parked in the driveway of a property on the Cliftonville Road in north Belfast. Jim 'JD' Donegan 'Jim Donegan, aged 43, was murdered as he waited, in his car, to collect his son from school. This was in the Glen Road area of west Belfast on the afternoon of 4 December 2018. Mr Donegan was shot several times by a gunman.' The attempted murder charge is in relation to dissident Sean O'Reilly. The attack on Mr O'Reilly sparked fears of a violent retaliation amid an escalating feud between members of the dissident gang Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH) earlier this year. Sean O'Reilly during the Republican Network for Unity Easter commemoration in Milltown cemetery on April 20 The victim was sitting in his car outside the taxi firm where he works in Poleglass when two masked men approached his vehicle shortly before 10.30am and fired multiple shots. The wounded driver was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital where and was initially described as being in critical but stable condition. Mr Donegan was shot dead in his Porsche car as he waited to collect his 13-year-old son outside St Mary's Christian Brothers School in 2018. A Police Ombudsman probe previously said the PSNI "missed opportunities" to identify the subject of a dissident republican threat six months before the killing – the watchdog found a failure by police to link him to intelligence it received about a threat on an unnamed man.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Belfast: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and two murders
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two men and the attempted murder of another man in 50-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 49-year-old man in west Belfast as he sat inside a taxi in Bell Steel Manor area on 23 February was also arrested on suspicion of murdering 54-year-old Danny McClean and 43-year-old Jim Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said he was arrested following a search of a house in north Belfast on Tuesday and that he currently remains in police custody. Police believe two men approached the taxi that the 49-year-old was sitting in on foot before firing a number of shots "in a cold-blooded attack intended to kill".Mr McClean was shot a number of times on 2 February 2021 as he sat in a driveway of a property on the Cliftonville Road in north Donegan was shot several times on 4 December 2018 as he waited in his car to collect his son from school on the Glen Road in west Insp Gina Quinn described all three attacks as "cold, calculated and ruthless"."All three were carried out in busy, residential areas when any members of the public, including children, could easily have been passing by," Det Insp Quinn added."Two of the attacks left families bereft, and all three have left loved ones and communities shaken."Police have appealed for anyone with information or footage to come forward.
