{"id":665573,"date":"2026-10-26T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665573\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:02:19","slug":"an-ira-boss-wanted-me-dead-my-best-mate-was-killed-beside-me-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/665573\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;An IRA boss wanted me dead &#8211; my best mate was killed beside me&#039; &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE1pVnNvQ0lvS2NDMTZSLXJvOVVWRV9wWHhoeTdiV3FrbmRJM0VwQUt4ZzlrVVJ5MVlwb1I3WFAtV280R19Dekx3T1JnN3I2MndQZWIxX2gybENBT2M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;An IRA boss wanted me dead &#8211; my best mate was killed beside me&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXkFVX3lxTE1YeVZpMTBnbHRXVFNkSzhRbEZpSy1Ybm5vaWg2d0txYWFVcmd3N085Nm90UkYyYUJXWWI0eG9fX3NaMTZTUXB6eWM0S2s0VFdMcW5lMDkzZ191ZGRrcFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Robert McCartney: The alleyway murder in Belfast and the women who fought as far as the White House<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxPMmlqdE93aUdadE9KQzAtNndZRVdoQ1M1ZGVpaVRvcmctT1V2QjhBS3lBUjVTU0tPRlppbFBhUGQ1Y2xfR2FrbnhNNjd1U3NYLWtuLWhzSnVYUEdTUkQ4N01VLU1vYkM2cldQZDJXaDRKVGpHc0dQWUkzUExvS2ZXQUdWQURpaEp2M194NzUxQ0o4clZqemZOV1ctTmJEdTl2cVZFZ0FhNWRCT0prRVpZVld5eEdITHBJTElTV3U1cG0yVHM0QUp5bTBBVXl0RDJkSzdKcW9HcHFsME9RX1hIYWdsTjdjR2RmbTBtRkRpX1JZbF9PV19ubEhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Five sisters, a survivor and their search for justice after IRA murder: \u2018We were too angry to be afraid\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE5fVE14b1VJcWRoeEt0YnJudk1NZE5TU3g1YWF4VEhuQVhRNXNqVEJXbDFkRTF0Qmo3ZUkzZkd2bWRqb01leEx1bzRMdnRUbldDV0lQOUFNSlhfR3dscWI0OUtuR21neXRqVGlvYzBVRlZVeWNPY3lnZ185SWVCUzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RT\u00c9&#8217;s new true crime series tells the story of five sisters who took on the IRA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;EVOKE<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOTGNkTHhMUlpSNi1vemtRTGdwdmFNQXpYNnZMM3hiOWlyWFFDS1J4UDlhem52M3dYQ3hoTkNSZE5kXzljZl9FVkhYQkJ0d2FQMXEyNUczNVVJb0tjOU84dlByTnozd0drVjR3Xzc0SmJ0T0FReEZsRmVvVzNuSUEyQmhBNHAxX0dtNm02Qzc4cWxaRXdpaFk0bUhMa2g5UWQ0UWFQUE52UVp4Nm1Sd0UwQjlRYUhrcUtabkF6LVZFaE0yWW9PaGJLYzd1UF9ILV9zMVFfRXRlandvSEFSdUpEUzdvWnpRQVFMQXdtanJSWlhFN25rcjlkbXpiZ1VsMm8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New BBC doc lays bare IRA cover-up after brutal Robert McCartney murder: \u2018This wasn\u2019t the killers\u2019 first rodeo\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;An IRA boss wanted me dead &#8211; my best mate was killed beside me&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCRobert McCartney: The alleyway murder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-665573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}