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| Families lobby MPs on 'collusion' | Families lobby MPs on 'collusion' |
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| The families of six men murdered by the Ulster Volunteer Force have been lobbying MPs to investigate claims of security force collusion. | |
| The men were shot dead in O'Toole's bar, Loughinisland, County Down, on 18 June 1994 as they watched football. | The men were shot dead in O'Toole's bar, Loughinisland, County Down, on 18 June 1994 as they watched football. |
| The Loughinisland Justice Group met a cross-party delegation of MPs at Westminster. | |
| It included Conservative NI Secretary David Liddington and Liberal Democrat NI spokesman Lembit Opik. | |
| The other MPs they met included Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn and members of the Northern Ireland Select Committee. | |
| The Loughinisland victims were watching Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland team beat Italy in the USA World Cup when the loyalist gang burst into the pub and opened fire. | The Loughinisland victims were watching Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland team beat Italy in the USA World Cup when the loyalist gang burst into the pub and opened fire. |
| The victims were 34-year-old Adrian Rogan, 39-year-old Eamon Byrne, who was married with four children, his brother-in-law Patsy O'Hare, who was 35 and single, Dan McCreanor, 59, a single farmer, his uncle Barney Green, an 87-year-old retired farmer who was married, and Malcolm Jenkinson, 54, a building contractor who was married with three children. | The victims were 34-year-old Adrian Rogan, 39-year-old Eamon Byrne, who was married with four children, his brother-in-law Patsy O'Hare, who was 35 and single, Dan McCreanor, 59, a single farmer, his uncle Barney Green, an 87-year-old retired farmer who was married, and Malcolm Jenkinson, 54, a building contractor who was married with three children. |
| 'Wiped off' | 'Wiped off' |
| The families were accompanied to the meetings by Sinn Fein South Down assembly member Caitriona Ruane. | |
| She said the families had waited patiently for justice for 12 years. | She said the families had waited patiently for justice for 12 years. |
| "As the years have gone on, the families have began to raise serious questions about the murders and specifically the subsequent investigation into it. | "As the years have gone on, the families have began to raise serious questions about the murders and specifically the subsequent investigation into it. |
| "Sinn Fein will continue to support the families of those murdered at Loughinisland in their campaign for the truth about what happened on that night 12 years ago. | "Sinn Fein will continue to support the families of those murdered at Loughinisland in their campaign for the truth about what happened on that night 12 years ago. |
| "The British government need to realise that issue will not go away." | "The British government need to realise that issue will not go away." |
| Emma Rogan, who was eight when her father, Adrian, a scrap metal collector, was shot dead said: "Six innocent men who did not do anybody wrong in their lives were wiped off the face of the earth because somebody said go and do it. | Emma Rogan, who was eight when her father, Adrian, a scrap metal collector, was shot dead said: "Six innocent men who did not do anybody wrong in their lives were wiped off the face of the earth because somebody said go and do it. |
| "We want to know why." | "We want to know why." |