LOUGHLINISLAND MASSACRE | U.V.F , Collusion & Press Freedom |Trevor Birney

On June 18th 1994 while watching Ireland play in the World Cup, 6 completely innocent men were slaughtered by a loyalist paramilitary gunman who sprayed the bar with an assault rifle in an act of cold blooded sectarianism.  

Trevor Birney's book, "Shooting Crows" tells the storey of this tragic event, the hatred and bitterness that provide the basis for it, the history of loyalist collusion with various security forces branches, the arms shipment that the weapons came in on and the members of the 3 man team who committed the heinous m*rders. 

The book also has a personal element for Trevor as he experienced firsthand some of the breaches of his press freedoms by the PSNI following the airing of a film about the Loughlinisland massacre that Trevor was involved in. 

I'll be doing a Q&A episode soon so please drop any questions in the comment section below or email me at thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com 


TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro 
5:45 LOUGHLINISLAND MASSACRE 
18:00 History of Loyalists attacking civilian targets 
24:00 “Collusion” and Brian Nelson 
28:40 Extreme-loyalists 
32:40 Police Ombudsman Reports into the massacre 
43:35 PSNI investigate Trevor 


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