Taoiseach agrees to meet Rafferty family

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has agreed to meet with the family of murder victim Joseph Rafferty, who allege his killers had connections to Sinn Féin and the IRA.

Mr Ahern’s spokeswoman yesterday said he would meet Mr Rafferty’s family, probably after his return from next week’s UN Millennium Goals summit in New York.

Mr Rafferty, a motorcycle courier aged 29, was murdered in Ongar, Clonee, Co Dublin on April 12.