Veteran Republican Joe Cahill dies in Belfast

Veteran Republican Joe Cahill has died in Belfast.

Veteran Republican Joe Cahill has died in Belfast.

Labelled the father figure of the modern Republican movement, Cahill had been jailed on a number of occasions and was sentenced to death in the 1940s for the murder of a policeman.

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