Family of Seamus Ludlow lose bid for inquiry into 'inexcusable' handling of murder investigation

The family of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow has lost an appeal aimed at compelling the State to establish an inquiry into the "inexcusable" handling of the Garda investigation into his murder.

Fri, 22 May, 2020 - 16:52

Ann O’Loughlin

The family of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow has lost an appeal aimed at compelling the State to establish an inquiry into the "inexcusable" handling of the Garda investigation into his murder.

A report by retired High Court judge Henry Barron stated the 1976 murder of 47-year-old Mr Ludlow, who had no paramilitary connections, was “a random, sectarian killing of a blameless Catholic civilian by loyalist extremists”.