Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Truth and Justice Movement

Mr. Michael Monaghan:

As Ms McIlvenny said, it is still going on in Belfast as well as in most of the North. Murders are still being committed. They are not being claimed by organisations, but people know who is carrying out the murders. It is the same with the collusion that happened through the years. I have already spoken about the court cases - "Just give us the documents and we will tell the families what they need to see". They will not give them to us. They have to come from Westminster. Westminster has the documents and it will not release them. It is frustrating for us because we all know there was collusion. They have admitted collusion, but they still do not want the rest of the world to know what they did. For me, when are we going to get the justice that we deserve and a bit of closure? I have grandchildren. I kept my kids away from it. They witnessed the murder of their grandfather, which was meant to be the murder of myself only I changed my plans that night. The UVF followed me and it was collusion along with elements who were paid informants, thousands and thousands of pounds. I understand what Mr. McCord was saying about being funded and these people who committed murders. I am not naming names but £89,000, £91,000 and £50,000 was all paying informants to go out and kill people by the security forces.

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