The daughter and widow of Sean Brown, a GAA official murdered by the LVF in 1997, are seeking a public inquiry into his death at Belfast High Court. The case highlights the ongoing legacy of the Troubles and the demand for truth and justice.
The daughter and widow of murdered GAA official Sean Brown brought their case to Belfast High Court seeking a full public inquiry into his loyalist murder in 1997. Mr. Brown's family, joined by Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill and SDLP leader Clare Hanna, attended the hearing. Sean Brown was fatally shot by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1997 near Randalstown after being abducted while locking the gates of the Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club.
The family's legal team argued that the government was failing to meet its human rights obligation to conduct a thorough investigation, insisting that a public inquiry was the only viable option. However, the government maintains that Mr. Brown's murder can be adequately investigated by the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). They have pledged further reforms to the commission's structure and mandate.In a counter-argument, a lawyer representing Secretary of State Hilary Benn asserted that the judge who ordered the public inquiry had made a legal error. He contended that the case entered into complex constitutional territory, ultimately falling under the jurisdiction of ministers rather than the courts. Before the High Court proceedings, campaigners, including families who lost loved ones during the Troubles, gathered outside in a display of solidarity with Sean Brown's family
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