Quinn family welcomes Ahern assurances

The parents of murdered Co Armagh man Paul Quinn have welcomed assurances from the Government that it does not believe their son had any links to criminality.

"From any security briefings that we've received there's nothing to suggest that this was an orchestrated event from a paramilitary organisation. That's not to say that there may have been people who have formerly been members of a paramilitary organisation who may have been involved in this."

The Quinns said the meeting with Mr Ahern had provided them with great satisfaction. "We met Minister Dermot Ahern this morning and he told us very clearly that it is not the view of the Irish government that our son was a criminal," said Briege Quinn.

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