Archives – this time from the Irish Government – have been uncovered in relation to the killing of Donegal man Michael Leonard.
Michael was shot by the RUC at the border between Donegal and Fermanagh in 1973.
Now, fresh documents are said to prove how the British authorities lied to the Irish government and delayed handing over information relating to Michael’s killing.
Michael’s family are still battling for a proper Inquest over half a century later.
Irish government files from the National Archives of Ireland prove how the British authorities lied, denied and delayed Irish officials seeking basic information into the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) murder of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard.
Belfast victims’ charity, Paper Trail, retrieved a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) file in Dublin relating to the RUC’s fatal shooting of Michael Leonard which occurred on 17th May 1973, two hundred yards inside the Northern Irish border.
The DFA file (DFA/2004/7/2676) proves how the British authorities lied to the Irish state and shut down each diplomatic avenue for information.
