Cross-border investigation to be held into 1976 murder of Co Louth man

The clenched hand of Kevin Ludlow at the publication of the final report of the Independent Commission into the murder of his brother Seamus Ludlow (Julien Behal/PA)

An independent cross-border investigation will be carried out into the murder of a man shot dead in Co Louth in 1976.

Seamus Ludlow, 47, a forestry worker, was killed on his way home from a pub in Dundalk, Co Louth.