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Brian Stack (1935/1936 — 29 September 1984), the chief prison officer at Portlaoise Prison, was shot in the neck in 1983 by members of the Provisional IRA [1] and died after 18 months in hospital. He was the only officer in the Irish Prison Service to be killed in connection with the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Stack is a surname of Irish origin and is commonly found in county Kerry, Ireland. Variants of the name Stack include Stace, Stacey, Stacy, Stacke and De Staic. It is a baptismal name meaning "Son of Eustace", a Roman name of great antiquity. Notable persons with this name include:
Dean Lyons confesses to the double murder but is later revealed to be an attention-hungry compulsive liar. Mark Nash, a man who had committed another double murder (that of Carl and Catherine Doyle three months after the killings at Grangegorman) is identified as another suspect, and is found guilty and sentenced to life in 2015 for the crime.
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At a press conference on 25 March 2009, Richard Walsh, the spokesman for Republican Sinn Féin, a party linked to the Continuity IRA, said the killings were "an act of war" rather than murder. "We have always upheld the right of the Irish people to use any level of controlled and disciplined force to drive the British out of Ireland.
David Brian Dowd: Garda: 22762E: 26: 18 February 1989: Accidentally killed when hit by a train while pursuing thieves on foot: Sutton Park, County Dublin: Cyril Patrick Hickey: Garda: 24131H: 25: 8 December 1988: Accidentally killed in a road traffic collision while riding a motorcycle for the Garda Traffic Corps: South Quays, County Dublin ...
Nov. 1—A Culdesac man charged with attempted murder will plead guilty to the charges following a plea agreement. Brian Grimm was charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly ...