Skip to comments.
Reiss set to meet Rafferty family (Joeseph Rafferty was murdered by Sinn Fein/IRA)
Sunday Life ^
| 29 January 2006
| Not stated
Posted on 02/03/2006 2:42:30 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite
US PRESIDENT George Bush's special envoy to Ireland is to meet the family of a Dublin man who they say was murdered by republicans.
Ambassador Mitchell Reiss said yesterday that there were a number of "serious concerns" about the killing in April last year of Joseph Rafferty and similarities with the death of Robert McCartney who was killed by the IRA.
The 29-year-old was murdered after leaving his home near Clonsilla in west Dublin after what that family said was a long running row with republicans.
He was shot twice by a gunman disguised as a construction worker as he walked to the van he drove for a courier company.
The Rafferty family are due to travel to the United States next week to highlight the case and for meetings with prominent US politicians. They claim Sinn Fein did too little to stop the murder.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appeasement; globalwaronterror; gwot; ira; ireland; irish; irishtraitors; loyalists; ni; northernireland; pira; sinnfein; sinnfeinira; subversion; treachery; ulster; waronterror; wot
To: Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; Youngblood; Fergal; Cian; col kurz; ..
2
posted on
02/03/2006 2:43:55 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: Irish_Thatcherite; Happygal; Colosis; Black Line; Cucullain; SomeguyfromIreland; Youngblood; ...
The Rafferty family are due to travel to the United States next week to highlight the case and for meetings with prominent US politicians.I hope they have a good public relations advisor. They absolutely must go on television to make a dent in the USA. (I've never heard of this case.)
3
posted on
02/03/2006 3:14:20 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: aculeus
(I've never heard of this case.) Very similar to Robert McCarthney.
4
posted on
02/03/2006 3:20:11 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
To: aculeus; Irish_Thatcherite
I hope this case gains prominence as the media here have scantly covered it.
5
posted on
02/03/2006 3:42:41 PM PST
by
Colosis
(Der Elite Møøsenspåånkængruppen ØberKømmååndø (EMØØK) IRA = Ragheads)
To: Colosis
True, they have kept quiet about it.
6
posted on
02/03/2006 3:51:03 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson