On the 50th anniversary of the death of an IRA man in County Monaghan, the local Sinn Féin cumman demanded truth and disclosure from the British Government about state collusion in his murder. Sinn Féin are also calling for the Irish Government to exert pressure on the British state to acknowledge all the information they have on the case.
John Francis Green was an active IRA member from Lurgan who was living in the Castleblayney area following his escape from Long Kesh in 1973 dressed up as a priest. On January 10th 1975, the married father-of-three was at a farmhouse in Mullyash when gunmen entered the house and shot him in the head six times.
The Pat Finucane Centre have linked the notorious Glennane Gang, who were a group of rogue RUC and UDR soldiers and loyalist paramilitaries, to his murder but nobody has ever been brought to justice. Sinn Féin TD, Matt Carthy, said the number in attendance at a commemoration to mark the 50th anniversary of Mr Green's murder in Castleblayney on Sunday shows there is a strong demand for the truth (listen below):
