Plea for Kingsmill massacre details ‘falls on deaf ears’

Requests for more information about the Kingsmill massacre in South Armagh have fallen on deaf ears in the Republic, a lawyer alleged.

Relatives of 10 Protestant workmen shot dead by the IRA in South Armagh in January 1976 want details about weapons used, intelligence, and the getaway van employed by the gunmen. They accused the Garda and the Irish Government of only paying “lip service” to their concerns.

Alan Kane, QC for the Kingsmill victims, told a Belfast preliminary hearing: “There is a level of concern based on the failure of the southern authorities to meaningfully engage with the requests, which really have fallen on deaf ears.”