Ludlow case raised in Brussels

THE case of murdered Dundalk man Seamus Ludlow was highlighted in the European Parliament last week.

Louth Councillor Ruairi Ó Murchú travelled to the parliament, where he was joined by Mr Ludlow’s nephew, Jimmy Fox, and around 25 members of other families whose loved ones were killed. The delegation in Brussels met MEPS from across Europe including Britain and Ireland. .

Cllr. Ó Murchú said: ‘We heard very moving and powerful testimony from families who had lost loved ones, including from Jimmy Fox. In Louth, there are two cases – that of Mr Ludlow in 1976 and that of the Dundalk bombing of 1975 where members of the so-called British security forces carried out murders of Irish citizens in this State. Jimmy pointed out the pain caused to the Ludlow family which was only compounded by the failure to properly investigate the murder and the lies about Mr Ludlow in the wake of his death which included the entirely wrong assertion that he was killed by the IRA because he was an informer.

‘Now, the family has been forced to go through a complex, legal process in an effort to get to the truth.’