Man arrested over McConville murder http://t.co/kJ0hLBkiFF
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) October 30, 2014
Detectives investigating 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville have arrested a 73-year-old man in Dunmurry area of Northern Ireland
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) October 30, 2014
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Her family will be happy. The local community who she informed on less so.
Jesus, Karl.
Let me guess…. up the ‘Ra, right?
Anyone who’s grown up in that area knows how mixed opinions are about Jean. Personally, I hope she gets justice, but I’ve heard both sides of this story.
No one deserves to be murdered, no matter what others believe them to be guilty of or how mixed opinions may be in the area she is from. Surely we can all agree on that?
In theory no one deserves to get murdered no matter what they do, least of all a mother of 10. In reality, in war situations, people get murdered all the time though. The people that were in the IRA risked dying, the security forces risked dying, and equally informers knew there was a risk of dying.
Take a long look at yourself Karl.
@Karl In theory no one deserves to be murdered. In practice, some do. Got it.
Middle class Dublin Hipsters born after the 80s moralizing about Northern Ireland makes me chuckle.
Yes! Look at their trousers. LOOK AT THEIR TROUSERS!
You can’t bundle informers and IRA members into the same pot. That’s totally and utterly idiotic. Informers are often forced into informing by the situation created by the opposing sides. They are dragged into it, by conscience, revenge, a sense of right, who cares the reasons… but you cannot put informers in the same pot as the vigilantes on either side…. informers are a product of the so called war, not instigators like the IRA.
Grow up!
Well said clampers.
Clampers, with all due respect you have not got a clue what you’re talking about. Do you personally know informers or IRA members? You act like you have a window into their consciences. Yet anyone that grew up in the area would not agree with what you say. How do you explain that one?
My colleague grew up there. I’ve been reading this to her over lunch. She reckons clampers is right and that Karl is a git. How do you explain that one?
Not touching Karl’s statement with a 10 foot bargepole but Clampers, Calling the IRA Vigilante’s and Instigators?
Come on, one persons terrorist is another persons freedom fighter etc.
Are they (the IRA) freedom fighters if the people “who they represented” feared to cross them due to the repercussions?
@ Karl
It makes no difference at all if you heard “the other side of the story”. The woman was murdered. I hope the perpetrators are brought to justice.
Did it go something like “murdering civilians is ok” and “murdering civilians is not ok”?
Was she given a trial? Was she given fair representation? Where’s her body? Were her family told? Did she have the right to an appeal?
Cattle go through more screening processes before being slaughtered than any of the victims of the the troubles did.
Completely agree
Oh, Karl…
Karl is why we can’t have nice things.
…maybe this will be a step closer to a truth and reconciliation process.
truth, reconciliation process and justice
+1
Were I one of Jean’s kids I’d tell you truth and justice and puppies are great – give me justice first though.
Good luck ever getting the truth out of Gerry on this.
What is the point of this?
@ Karl — Even if she were an informer, can you not acknowledge how vulnerable she was. A single parent of 10 children whose husband had just died, god knows what she felt she had to do to survive and keep her family together. She did not deserve such an end.