Jean McConville

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IRA Victim's Son Says Disney Series Is 'Cruel'

'I just don't think people realize how hurtful this is,' Michael McConville says

(Newser) - In 1972, the IRA kidnapped and murdered Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 in Belfast. Her story is told in Disney miniseries Say Nothing, but one of her children says he does not intend to watch it. Michael McConville, who was a child when his mother was abducted, says...

Cops Question Sinn Fein Leader Over Notorious 1972 Murder

Gerry Adams denies involvement in IRA kiliing of Jean McConville

(Newser) - Maybe the most high-profile murder during the dark days of the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland is very much back in the headlines. Police today were questioning Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a widowed mother of 10 who was abducted by the IRA...

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