35th anniversary of Castlederg shooting marked in Assembly

The IRA killing of a part time UDR soldier in his Castlederg shoe shop 35 years ago has been recalled at Stormont.

West Tyrone MLA Tom Buchanan members of the Assembly that Olven Kilpatrick was one of over 20 people in Castlederg killed by the IRA without anyone being brought to justice.

He criticised comments made in 2022 by the now First Minister Michelle O’Neill, who said the IRA had no alternative.

Mr Buchanan asked how that that statement could be justified in the context of what happened to Olven Kilpatrick……..

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