ubj: [slp-youth] UK/Ireland: Fury Over Nazi's Greysteel killer link -
Irish News
Date: 21/11/00 10:38:11 GMT Standard Time
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> Fury over neo-Nazis' Greysteel killer link
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>
> By Steven McCaffery
> and Anne Madden
>
>
> PICTURES of one of the Greysteel killers at a
> neo-Nazi rally on Remembrance Sunday
> sparked fury among politicians last night.
>
> Stephen Irwin (26), who was released in July on
> licence under the terms of the
> Good Friday agreement, is said to have forged links
> with violent right-wing groups
> in Britain.
>
> East Derry Assembly member, John Dallat, called for
> Irwin's licence to be revoked
> after he was seen protesting with members of the
> neo-Nazi group, Combat 18.
>
> Irwin was jailed for life in 1995 for his part in
> the mass shooting at the Rising
> Sun Bar in Greysteel, Co Derry, on halloween night
> two years earlier.
> Loyalist gunmen shouted 'trick or treat' as they
> burst into the bar in Greysteel
> opening fire on the crowd killing eight people.
>
> "What must it do to the relatives of the Greysteel
> victims after learning that he
> is roaming freely while cavorting with Neo-Nazis?,"
> Mr Dallat said.
> "Not only is he showing no remorse, he is
> demonstrating that he has changed
> nothing and still constitutes a real threat to the
> community.
>
> "Had the British government banned Combat 18 then
> Irwin's involvement would have
> been a clear breach of the peace and his feet would
> not have touched the ground
> before being back in jail."
>
> Arthur Doherty, SDLP assembly member for East Derry,
> agreed that Irwin displayed
> little remorse and contrasted his behaviour with the
> dignity of the victims'
> relatives.
>
> The Mail on Sunday carried pictures yesterday of
> Irwin standing alongside
> neo-Nazis who attempted to infiltrate a Remembrance
> Sunday memorial service
> attended by dignitaries, including the queen and
> British prime minister Tony
> Blair.
>
> Irwin was reported to have shouted slogans and to
> have been seen giving Nazi
> salutes.
>
> A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Office said
> last night that the status of
> prisoners under licence was kept under review and
> that action could be taken
> should evidence emerge that they had broken the
> terms of their licence.
>
> Last night the Metropolitan Police declined to
> comment on reports that Irwin was
> now under surveillance. It had been claimed Irwin
> was stopped and questioned by
> police at Birmingham International Airport on Monday
> as he waited for a return
> flight to Belfast.
>
> Reports of the loyalist's contacts with neo-Nazis
> are the latest evidence of links
> between loyalist paramilitaries and far-right
> groupings.
>
> The sinister right-wing group Combat 18 has been
> repeatedly linked to loyalist
> demonstrations associated with the Drumcree
> standoff.
>
> Combat 18 members are reported to have attended
> loyalist protests in Portadown
> held in support of the Orange Order's stance.
>
>
> © Copyright : the Irish News Ltd
>
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