Episode 49: The murder of Sunday World journalist Marty O'Hagan - 20 years on
Crime World16 Okt 2021

Episode 49: The murder of Sunday World journalist Marty O'Hagan - 20 years on

It’s been 20 years since Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan was murdered on a Lurgan pavement as he walked home from a pub with his wife Marie.

Known affectionately as Marty by his colleagues in the Belfast newsroom and an adored dad of three, he was just 51 when he became the only journalist to die as a result of The Troubles. His killing remains unsolved, but is believed to have been carried out by a team of LVF assassins acting on the dying wish of their twisted leader Billy Wright.

But what was it like to lose a colleague and friend and how hard was it to continue working in a newsroom with an empty desk.

Nicola Tallant talks to Sunday World reporter Richard Sullivan about the terrible night when a journalist became front page news, the reality of working in a warzone and the fading hopes of justice for Marty.

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