Ahern: No evidence Quinn was a criminal

FOREIGN Minister Dermot Ahern has said the Government “have no evidence Paul Quinn was a criminal”.

His comments were welcomed by the family of the 21-year-old from south Armagh, who was beaten to death by a gang at a warehouse in Co Monaghan in October.

The minister met yesterday with Mr Quinn’s parents, Stephen and Briege, and Dominic Bradley MLA in Dundalk.