The BBC report that a statement has been issued by the PIRA rejecting the Police Ombudsman report that Jean McConville was not an informant, claiming that they had carried out a “thorough investigation” too. In doing so they have a) reminded everyone that they’re still hanging around in the background and b) they still don’t consider the abduction and murder of Jean McConville to be a crime. When’s that deadline again?
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