Ahern urged to stop funding loyalist area

THE father of a teenager murdered in a loyalist area in north Belfast two years ago yesterday urged Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to withdraw the Government’s financial support for projects in the area.

Yesterday was the second anniversary of the death of 15-year-old Thomas Devlin, who was murdered in the Mount Vernon area as he walked home after buying sweets in the shop.

His father Jim Devlin revealed yesterday that he had written to the Mr Ahern pleading with him to rethink a decision to grant funding to a project in the area.