Photograph: PacemakerA five-decade quest for answers about the unsolved murders by the IRA of three Scottish soldiers will only end when the truth is finally uncovered, a relative has vowed. The bodies of the three men, who were the first off-duty soldiers murdered in the Northern Ireland Troubles, were found on a roadside in Ligoniel in north Belfast. Fusilier McCaughey’s cousin David, from Glasgow, has been campaigning on the case for 17 years – initially with efforts to have memorials erected in north Belfast and later in legal attempts to seek fresh investigations. It’s one thing losing somebody through natural cases – that’s hard. I lost my dad 25 years ago and that’s still sore but it’s a different ball game losing somebody who has been violently murdered.

Source: The Irish Times January 03, 2026 04:32 UTC