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Current and former members of the IRA may have been involved in the murder of south Armagh man Paul Quinn last month, the ceasefire watchdog has said. | |
Mr Quinn, 21, died after being severely beaten at farm buildings near Oram, County Monaghan, last month. | Mr Quinn, 21, died after being severely beaten at farm buildings near Oram, County Monaghan, last month. |
The Independent Monitoring Commission said it stemmed from a local dispute but it was too early to say if it was authorised by the IRA leadership. | |
UUP peer Lord Laird is to name the men he believes killed Mr Quinn. | |
He will use parliamentary privilege to name the men in the House of Lords. | |
However, IMC commissioner Lord Alderdice has said naming the alleged killers in the House of Lords would be an abuse of parliamentary privilege. | |
"This is a relatively recent event, investigations are still proceeding and I can see no case for using parliamentary privilege for this," he said. | |
Mr Quinn's family said the IRA killed the 21-year-old after he had defied an order to leave the country. Sinn Fein denies any republican involvement. | |
"The IRA Army Council did not sanction the killing, but IRA members did kill Paul," said Lord Laird at the weekend. | "The IRA Army Council did not sanction the killing, but IRA members did kill Paul," said Lord Laird at the weekend. |
"I will name names and lay-out all the information I have. We cannot allow this to be brushed under the carpet like Robert McCartney, the Northern Bank and Denis Donaldson. | "I will name names and lay-out all the information I have. We cannot allow this to be brushed under the carpet like Robert McCartney, the Northern Bank and Denis Donaldson. |
"I am not just getting at Sinn Fein, but the security services, the government, the lot. I am deeply concerned at what appears to be a lack of progress by the security services on both sides of the border." | "I am not just getting at Sinn Fein, but the security services, the government, the lot. I am deeply concerned at what appears to be a lack of progress by the security services on both sides of the border." |