Two former soldiers accused of murdering an Official IRA commander in Northern Ireland are asking for their identities to be withheld during court proceedings, a judge has been told. Two former soldiers accused of murdering an Official IRA commander in Northern Ireland are asking for their identities to be withheld during court proceedings, a judge has been told. Mr McCann had been one of the Official IRA's most prominent activists in the early days of the Troubles. In 1969 the IRA spilt into the Official IRA and Provisional IRA. The anonymity application will be considered by the court on December 20.

Source: Irish Independent December 06, 2017 12:56 UTC