VERONICA GUERIN
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THE IRISH SUN - Irish News: "LOCKED IN Veronica Guerin's murderer denied three-day release for Christmas but will still enjoy 'cosy' festive season" by John Kierans (SNIPPET: "Veronica Guerin's killer Brian Meehan...") (Updated December 14 2021)
DAILY MAIL.co.uk: "MAN HAS GUERIN CONVICTION OVERTURNED" (SNIPPET: "Paul Ward, 37")
MSN.com News: "VERONICA GUERIN'S BROTHER CALLS FOR RETURN OF INTERNMENT TO TACKLE DRUG GANGS" by Aoife Moore, PA (January 22, 2020)
INDEPENDENT.ie - Irish News: "LATEST GANGLAND HIT SHOWS WE MUST DO MORE TO TACKLE DRUGS In the past 20 years, gangs have become more violent and invasive in our society, writes Jim Cusack" (SNIPPET: "More than 600 gangs are operating in Ireland, with almost all involved in one way or another in the illicit drugs trade.") (December 25, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie - Irish News: "SECURITY INCREASE AFTER THREATS MADE TO INM JOURNALISTS" by Tom Brado (December 2, 2016)
IRISH MIRROR.ie: "20 YEARS AFTER VERONICA GUERIN'S DEATH WE NEED LAWS AND MORE GARDAI - OUR EDITOR IN CHIEF JOHN KIERANS 'Only when our people can walk the streets without fear or intimidation, can we say Veronica Guerin did not die in vain'" by John Kierans (November 30, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "PAUL WILLIAMS: STATE OF FEAR - 'Criminals don't do recession, they're wealthier, more confident... and more dangerous'" by Darragh McManus (November 29, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "PAUL WILLIAMS: STATE OF FEAR: EIGHT THINGS WE LEARNED" by Darragh McManus (November 29, 2016)
IRISH MIRROR.ie: "Watch dramatic moment Paul Williams confronts notorious criminal John Gilligan GILLIGAN WAS ALSO THE ONE-TIME PRIME SUSPECT FOR THE MURDER OF HERO JOURNALIST VERONICA GUERIN IN 1996" by Anita Mcsorley (November 27, 2016)
Video (CRIME DOCUMENTARIES): "INSIDE DUBLIN'S GANGLAND (Crime Documentary)" (November 12, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie News: "VERONICA GUERIN'S KILLER BRIAN MEEHAN CAUGHT WITH DRUGS BEHIND BARS" (October 8, 2016)
NEWSTALK.com: "'AN EXAMPLE FOR TODAY': VERONICA GUERIN REMEMBERED ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER MURDER Investigative journalist was shot dead on this weekend in 1996" by Catherine Healy (June 26, 2016)
IRISH TIMES.com: "IRISH GANGLAND 20 YEARS AFTER VERONICA GUERIN Since journalist's murder cycle of violence has seen many ruthless figures come and go" by Conor Lally (June 25, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie - Irish News: "'SHE WAS A WOMAN JUST DOING HER DAY'S WORK AS VERONICA WAS AND TAKEN DOWN' -- Veronica Guerin's widower sends condolences to husband of Jo Cox" by Meadhbh McGrath (June 17, 2016)
Video (THE JOURNAL.ie): "'A great result for us': Jimmy Guerin reacts to Brian Meehand decision" (April 18, 2016)
BBC News: "VERONICA GUERIN MURDER: BRIAN MEEHAN LOSES APPEAL OVER CONVICTION" (April 18, 2016)
Video (SKY NEWS): "SPECIAL REPORT: IRELAND'S GANGLAND KILLINGS" (February 12, 2016)
INDEPENDENT.ie - Exclusive: "VERONICA GUERIN'S SON CATHAL SPEAKS IN HIS FIRST MAJOR INTERVIEW SINCE HER MURDER" (January 5, 2016)
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SUNDAY WORLD.com: "STATE WARNED AHEAD OF VERONICA GUERIN KILLER APPEAL" (February 23, 2015)
IRISH TIMES.com: "VERONICA GUERIN'S KILLER TO HAVE DATE CONFIRMED FOR HIS APPEAL DPP's dismissal of Brian Meehan's application refused by Court of Criminal Appeal" (November 17, 2014)
EXPRESS.co.uk: "POLICE: HITMAN DID KILL CRIMEWATCH PRESENTER" by Don Hale (SNIPPET: ""The strange thing is that Matthew Harding was also a close friend of Irish journalist Veronica Guerin, who was also shot dead a few months before Matthew's death.") (April 27, 2014)
SKY NEWS: "IRISH GANG BOSS: 'I'm Coming Back to Dublin'" (SNIPPET: "John Gilligan") (April 24, 2014)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "VERONICA GUERIN TOLD PHONE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PAEDOPHILE PRIEST WERE TAPED" by Jim Cusack (Updated April 6, 2014 11:34 AM)
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SUNDAY WORLD.com: "THE GROG FATHERS Drug lords lived it up in jail but party was well and truly over" (SNIPPET: "The last man smiling in our prison snaps - John Gilligan - has fared no better locked behind bars than his old buddies. In 2002, he was tried and acquitted by the Special Criminal Court for the murder of Veronica Guerin. His original sentence of 28 years for drug crimes was reduced to 20 on appeal, but he got a further two years in 2002 for threatening to kill two prison officers, another eight months in 2011 for possession of a mobile phone in 2008, and six months in 2012 for possession of a mobile phone in his cell in March 2010.") (February 24, 2013)
BELFAST TELEGRAPH.co.uk - News: "MURDERED CRIME JOURNALIST VERONICA GUERIN'S LEGACY RECALLED AT CEREMONY" by Edel O' Connell (May 3, 2012)
THE SUN.co.uk - THE IRISH SUN: "TRAYNOR FREED FROM JAIL 'BY CHRISTMAS'" by Joanne McElGunn, Crime Editor (SNIPPET: "He fled Ireland in 1996 after the horror slaying of brave crime reporter Veronica, 37. And two years later, gangland boss John Gilligan, 60, told the High Court it was Traynor, 63, who had her shot dead.") (April 27, 2012)
HERALD.ie: "SHAMED 'DON LEAK' GARDA IS LIVING WITH GANGSTER'S EX WIFE" by Ken Foy and Conor Feehan (April 17, 2012)
BreakingNews.ie - IRELAND: "JUDGE CRITICISES COST OF BRINING GILLIGAN TO COURT ON MOBILE CHARGES" (January 27, 2012, 11:02)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "A Little Bit of Magic Has Gone Out of Our World" (January 22, 2012)
IRISH EXAMINER.com: "EX-CAB BOSS'S ROLE IN WEAPONS STING" by Lynne Kelleher (January 16, 2012)
IRISH TIMES.com: "GILLIGAN GIVEN EIGHT MONTHS FOR MOBILE IN CELL" by Eoghan MacConnell (SNIPPET: "He was found not guilty of the murder in 1996 of Veronica Guerin.") (April 2, 2011)
THE JOURNAL.ie: "JOHN GILLIGAN LOSES APPEAL AGAINST PRISON SENTENCE" (SNIPPET: "Gilligan is long been suspected of having ordered the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in 1996, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.") (March 31, 2011)
HERALD.ie: "GANGSTERS TO BID FAREWELL TO KIRKWOOD" by Cormac Byrne (SNIPPET: "A number of the capital's longest-standing gangsters were expected to attend the funeral of Charlie Kirkwood, a fraudster and 'safe man' from the south inner city." SNIPPET: "A well-known criminal in the capital since the 1960s, Kirkwood was pals with Sean 'The Fixer' Fitzgerald, Martin 'Viper' Foley and Veronica Guerin murder suspect John 'The Coach' Traynor.") (February 18, 2011)
SKY NEWS - UK: "'Devil's Advocate' Rejects Fraud Allegations" by Gary Mitchell (February 16, 2011, 11:04 am)
IRISH EXAMINER.com: "DI STEFANO HELD ON BRITISH WARRANT" (SNIPPET: "High-profile lawyer Giovanni di Stefano, who once acted as a consultant to Saddam Hussein's defence team, has been arrested on suspicion of fraud on a British warrant in Spain." SNIPPET: "He also defended former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tarik Aziz, the international face of the Saddam regime, and convicted drug dealer Patrick 'Dutchy' Holland, who was named during his 1997 trial by a garda as the man who shot journalist Veronica Guerin.") (February 15, 2011, 04:05 pm)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "DUBLIN GANGSTER TO FACE DUTCH CHARGES" by Isabel Conway (August 5, 2009)
IRISH TIMES.com: "'DUTCHY' HOLLAND DIES IN PRISON" (SNIPPET: "Holland was never convicted of the murder. However, he was convicted of drugs offences relating to the activities of the gang led by John Gilligan.") (Last updated June 19, 2009, 15:18)
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Video (CBS): "02/02/97: VERONICA GUERIN" (Posted January 27, 2009)
GUARDIAN.co.uk (THE OBSERVER): "STATE FAILS TO STOP RISE OF GANGS IN LIMERICK Two criminal officers 'not enough' to crack down on gangland crime lords" (November 30, 2008)
TIMESonline.co.uk - THE SUNDAY TIMES: "TEMPORARY DRUG DETENTION LAW TO BE MADE PERMANENT Justice minister Dermot Ahern is to put on a permanent footing a power that allows gardai to hold drug trafficking suspect for up to seven days" (November 29, 2008)
BELFAST TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "WAS GUERIN'S WAR ON DRUGS IN VAIN?" (June 27, 2008)
HERALD.ie: "KILLER THREATENS MAYHEM UNLESS HE'S MOVED" by Charlie Mallon (June 26, 2008)
MORLEY OBSERVER.co.uk - On This Day - June 26: "1996 - Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin was shot dead in her car in Dublin. The journalist had received numerous death threats after revealing many drug dealers in the area."
INDEPENDENT.ie: "TWELVE YEARS AFTER VERONICA'S MURDER, THE FIGHT AGAINST DUBLIN'S DRUGLORDS RAGES ON" by Jim Casack (June 22, 2008)
BBC NEWS: "IS THIS MAN VERONICA GUERIN'S KILLER?" by Chris Summers (Page updated May 2, 2008, 20:46)
BBC NEWS: "GUERIN SUSPECT JAILED FOR KIDNAP" (Page last updated May 2, 2008, 15:50 UK)
Video: "Paul Williams on Veronica Guerin (Note: No Audio.)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "BERNIE GUERIN TALKS OF HER PAIN AND HER DAUGHTER'S LEGACY" by Nicola Tallant (February 24, 2008)
INDEPENDENT.ie - Opinion - Analysis: "WE MUST RESTORE FAITH IN THE NATION'S ECONOMY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "AF: Do you think things have got worse since Veronica Guerin was murdered 11 years ago? EG: "The drug thing has. It has changed since the Veronica Guerin killing, and there is a new and even more vicious generation of thugs who are involved in this."") (December 30, 2007)
THE PENINSULA QATAR.com (AFP): "MILLIONS SEIZED FROM IRISH CRIMINALS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) was established in the wake of the high-profile murder in 1996 of investigative reporter Veronica Guerin by a drugs gang she was writing about. Launching the CAB's 2006 report, Justice Minister Brian Lenihan said the bureau's work was helping to ensure that crime does not pay.") (OCTOBER 23, 2007)
INDEPENDENT.ie: "STUDENT SCOOPS GUERIN BURSARY FOR JOURNALISM" (October 11, 2007)
Video: "Veronica Guerin (Field's of Athenry)" (Added October 7, 2007)
BBC NEWS: "BIRDS, BOOZE AND DRUGS FOUND IN PRISON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The landing houses some of the country's most notorious prisoners, including John Gilligan, whose gang was responsible for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in June 1996. A retired Garda superintendent and a senior prison service official have been appointed by Justice Minister Michael McDowell to head a special investigation into last week's security breach. Meanwhile, there are also plans to introduce new technology to block the use of mobiles in prisons.") (Last updated May 9, 2007, 10:46 GMT, 11:46 UK)
Breaking News.ie/Ireland: "'DUTCHY' HOLLAND ARRESTED IN LONDON" (May 4, 2007, 08:12)
CBS NEWS.com: Normandy, France - "MEMORIAL HONORS FALLEN JOURNALISTS" (May 2, 2007)
YouTube.com - Video: "ATTENTION: VERONICA GUERIN SPEAKS AT THE C.P.J." (Added March 10, 2007)
YouTube.com - Video: "VERONICA GUERIN (Fields of Athenry)" (Added March 2, 2007)
KDAUM.blogspot.com: "DYING FOR THE CAUSE" by Kristen M. Daum (October 12, 2006)
MEDILL MEDIA WATCH.blogspot.com: "DO WE WANT TO BE ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA?" (October 9, 2006)
Limerick Post.ie: "NOONAN WANTS WITNESS PROTECTION SCHEME GIVEN ON STATUTORY BASIS" (September 9, 2006)
IRISH EXAMINER.com: "GUERIN'S BROTHER WELCOMES DISMISSAL OF MEEHAN APPEAL" (July 24, 2006)
UNISON.ie/IRISH INDEPENDENT: "GARDAI SENT IN TO SPY ON COSTA GANGS" (July 22, 2006)
EVENING ECHO.ie: "INMATE GETS EIGHT-YEAR SENTENCE OVER PRISON SIEGE" (July 11, 2006)
TIMES ONLINE.co.uk - THE SUNDAY TIMES-IRELAND: "FOCUS: SECRET SOCIETY" by Dearbhail McDonald and Stephen O'Brien (July 9, 2006)
UTLIVE.com: "RESERVED JUDGEMENT IN MEEHAN APPEAL" (June 28, 2006)
Edition.CNN.com: Dublin, Ireland - "IRELAND REMEMBERS VERONICA GUERIN" (June 27, 2006)
IRISH EXAMINER.com: "MINUTE'S SILENCE TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF GUERIN'S KILLING" (June 25, 2006)
DCU.ie: "VERONICA GUERIN MEMORIAL BURSARY" (June 22, 2006)
NUZHOUND.com (IRISH NEWS.com): "GARDA MCCABE'S KILLING STILL AN EMOTIVE ISSUE 10 YEARS ON" by Valerie Robinson, Irish News (June 3, 2006)
News.BBC.co.uk: "GUERIN MURDER SUSPECT OUT OF JAIL" (Last updated April 8, 2006)
MediaPop.blogspot.com: "VERONICA GUERIN 1959-1996" (January 20, 2006)
ZWIRE.com (PRINCETON PACKET.com): "'REAL DANGER/REEL DANGER: THE TRUTH OF WOMEN'S LIVES' KICKS OFF WEDNESDAY" (January 13, 2006)
TheOneRepublic.com: "THE RETURN OF GEORGE SOROS" by Cliff Kincaid (January 4, 2006)
RTE.ie: "MAN IN COURT OVER THREATS TO JOURNALIST" (May 4, 2005)
BBC NEWS: "IRISH ACCLAIM FOR GUERIN FILM The mother of murdered Irish journalist Veronica Guerin has been given a standing ovation at the Irish Film and Television Awards." (November 2, 2003)
CBS NEWS.com: "THE VERONICA GUERIN STORY Film recounts Irish Journalist's Battle with Drug Underworld" (October 11, 2003)
News.BBC.co.uk: "HOLLYWOOD SIMPLIFIES GUERIN'S STORY" (Last updated August 7, 2003)
News.BBC.co.uk: "GUERIN CASE HAUNTS POLICE" (March 22, 2002)
BBC NEWS: "GUERIN MURDER CONVICTION QUASHED" (March 22, 2002)
IRELAND.com - THE IRISH TIMES: "THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL RECORD NO 14/99 MURPHY J O'CAOIMH J MCKECHNIE J BETWEEN: THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS PROSECUTOR/RESPONDENT AND PAUL WARD ACCUSED/APPELLANT JUDGMENT OF THE COURT DELIVERED BY MR JUSTICE FRANCIS D MURPHY ON THE 22nd Day Of March , 2002"
Journalism.Missouri.edu: "VERONICA GUERIN, IRELAND" (2002)
BBC NEWS: "'LACK OF ANALYSIS' AFTER MURDER" (October 7, 2001)
RTE.ie - NEWS: "5th ANNIVERSARY OF MURDER OF VERONICA GUERIN" (June 26, 2001)
Archives.TCM.ie - Archives IRISH EXAMINER: "MURDERED JOURNALIST HONOURED WITH BUST" by Jim Morahan (June 23, 2001)
Archives.TCM.ie - Archives IRISH EXAMINER: "MEMORIAL TO VERONICA GUERIN UNVEILED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Her son spoke at the ceremony and said that it was a very proud day for his family.") (June 22, 2001)
IRLNET.com - AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS: "GUERIN CASE FIASCO" (March 22, 2001)
National News Article Headlines for the March 18, 2001 issue of the UNISON.ie - SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: "VERONICA'S MOTHER SLAMS JUDGES IN GILLIGAN CASE," "KEY STATE WITNESS FLED IN TERROR," "TRAITOROUS KISS OF LEGAL PEDANT," and "GILLIGAN JUDGE WAS A 'PERSONAL INJURY' LAWYER"
FREEDOM FORUM.org: ACCUSED MASTERMIND OF GUERIN MURDER CLEARED IN IRELAND" (March 15, 2001)
BBC NEWS: "MAN CLEARED OF JOURNALIST'S MURDER" (March 15, 2001)
IRELAND.com - THE IRISH TIMES: "THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT Bill No. SF0021198 THE PEOPLE AT THE SUIT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS -v- JOHN GILLIGAN" (March 15, 2001)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "I LOADED GUN, SAYS GUERIN WITNESS" (January 27, 2001)
archives.tcm.ie - IRISH EXAMINER.com: "GUERIN DIED RAPIDLY AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY SIX BULLETS" by Diarmaid MacDermott (December 12, 2000)
www.GOV.IE - Parliament of Ireland - Oireachtas Home Page - Dail Debates - Today's Debate - Private Members' Business: "OMAGH BOMBING: Motion" (October 17, 2000)
YAHOO! Groups - celtic_league - CELTIC LEAGUE Press Information: "IRISH WON'T NAME 'DIRTY' BANKS O'Donoghue Won't Name Banks Guerin Killers Relatives Used" -Message No. 119 "from Mr. B Moffatt"
FreeMedia.at - IPI - Report 2.00: "VERONICA GUERIN" (2nd Quarter, 2000)
WASHINGTON FILE ("Boston Globe 6/18/00 Kevin Cullen Article"): "4 YEARS AFTER KILLING, CRIME GROWS IN IRELAND" (June 19, 2000)
IRISH EMIGRANT REVIEWS - "Meanwhile, back here in Ireland..." -A Weekly View by Cormac MacConnell (April 7, 2000)
GlobalJournalist.org: "VERONICA GUERIN, Ireland"
YAHOO! Groups: celtic_league - Celtic League Mailing List - Message No.63: "NAME AND SHAME POLICY URGED"
PCMA.com: CBS - "A MURDER THAT CHANGED IRELAND" (June 16, 1999)
RTE.ie NEWS: "COURT HEARS MEEHAN OFFERED TO SHOOT VERONICA GUERIN HIMSELF" (June 2, 1999)
UCC.ie - University College, Cork ("People v. Ward - www.irlii.org"): "THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT: THE PEOPLE -v- PAUL WARD" (November 27, 1998)
BBC NEWS - World - Europe: "THE SECOND FALL OF VERONICA GUERIN" (May 6, 1998)
SCOTLAND.gov.uk - Scottish Executive: "CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CRIME IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND: FROM EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION - 1998"
CNN.com - World News: "MAN ACCUSED OF IRISH CRIME JOURNALIST'S MURDER" (February 4, 1997)
Video (CBS): "02/02/97: VERONICA GUERIN"
IOL.ie - Editorial: "MURDER OF VERONICA GUERIN"
FREEMEDIA.at: "VERONICA GUERIN, Ireland" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A fearless investigative reporter, Veronica Guerin's daring coverage of Dublin's criminal underworld exposed corruption, angered organized crime figures and led to her eventual assassination.") [Note: url is 404.]
S-T.com - SOUTH COAST TODAY: "IRELAND SEES TRUE COST OF DRUG CRIME Death of Reporter Forces Nation to Confront Gangs" by Warren Hoe, The New York Times (November 29, 1996)
BBC Online - The Works: "DYING FOR THE STORY" (November 21, 1996)
SAOIRSE Irish Freedom - Issue Number 114: "THE DRUGS MENACE" (October 1996)
CPJ.org: "GAG REFLEX: IRELAND'S LIBEL LAWS MUZZLE A FREE PRESS" by Michael Foley,/CENTER>
Mayo-Ireland.ie - THE CONNAUGHT TELEGRAPH - Editorial Comment: "LET IT NOT BE IN VAIN!" (July 3, 2003)
CPJ.org - Dangerous Assignments Quarterly: "WHEN THE SHIELD FAILS: VERONICA GUERIN 1959-1996" by William A. Orme, Jr. (Summer 1996)
RTE.ie: People: History & Politics: "VERONICA GUERIN" (1996)
DEBATES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS: "KILLING OF DUBLIN JOURNALIST: STATEMENTS" (Seanad Eireann) (June 26, 1996)
DEBATES OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS: "KILLING OF DUBLIN JOURNALIST: STATEMENTS" (Dail Eireann) (June 26, 1996)
IrishAbroad.com - Irish Voice - Irish Story: "REMEMBERING THE REAL VERONICA GUERIN"
AmericanRhetoric.com - Speeches: "SPEECH DELIVERED BY VERONICA GUERIN, 1996" (Text, MP3 link)
GillMacMillan.ie - Encyclopedia of Ireland - Photo Gallery: "VERONICA GUERIN"
SAVATAGE.com" News Item - Dublin, Ireland"
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