Hidden story of RUC man

THE hidden story of a Tipperary man who was the first member of the then-RUC to be killed by the IRA is set to be aired on local radio at the weekend.

Drombane native, constable John Ryan, was killed in west Belfast in February 1933.

The two-part documentary on Tipp FM will explain how after the civil war Mr Ryan, a Catholic father-of-one, tried to join the civil guard, the precursor to the Garda Siochána. However, he encountered difficulties due to his previous association with the Royal Irish Constabulary, Ireland’s pre-civil war police force.