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Fionnán Sheehan

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The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Martin Ferris comes up from Kerry

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

goes all the way to Castleray and takes at least one of them back home, one of the killers back home to Patrick's well, door to door.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

So, yes, fury and lots and lots of questions all the way.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Now,

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Over the years, though, there has been one person who has ensured that Gerry McCabe's legacy and the injustice that was done here very much remained in the public mindset and also made it very uncomfortable for the Sinn Féin leadership to be associated with these killers.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

And that was his wife, Anne McCabe, who became a very prominent campaigner

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

And the dignity and the respect that she engaged in, it did result in widespread support for her.

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The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Yes, she kept the questions out there.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

She kept pointing to the flagrant inconsistencies and behaved, yes, it's a very difficult thing to do for somebody who has, you know, who's thrown in at the, you know, to say the least, at the deep end of all these things and all the vagaries of media and so on and so forth.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

I think it was wrong.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Another person I should mention, I had the privilege of meeting recently, was Gerry McCabe's brother-in-law, Pat Carney, a very well-known auctioneer in Limerick.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Not a young man, but still very active.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Himself a former Garda.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

And they did.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

They and others fought hard to keep the issues associated with this in the limelight.

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The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

The Garda investigation into the killing of Detective Garda Gerry McCabe,

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

and effectively attempted murder as well of Ben O'Sullivan, the case file is still open.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

And that's because there are two other members of the gang who are still at large.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Yes, absolutely.

The Indo Daily
Ambush in Adare: The killing of Garda Jerry McCabe and why case still remains open

Two further suspected members of the IRA gang are still at large and believed to be living abroad.