25 November 1999 Edition
Back issue: A sad loss
A West Belfast Sinn Féin member and well respected community worker was shot dead at point blank range by loyalist assassins last Friday morning, 16 November, as he arrived for work.
As part of his daily routine for the past ten-and-a-half years, 35-year-old Paddy Brady, a milkman from the St James's area, drove the short distance from his home to Kennedy's Dairy on the Boucher Road, close to the loyalist Village district. With him was his 14-year-old helper, Paul Hughes.
The pair arrived outside the dairy between 6.30am-6.35am and as Brady parked his white Volvo car, another vehicle, believed to be a brown coloured Cortina, draw parallel with him.
As he was locking the passenger door, several shots rang out and, within seconds, Brady lay dead on the roadside in a pool of blood, having been hit in the head. His assassins sped off and disappeared into the early morning darkness.
Paddy Brady's tragic death is the second assassination within two weeks, with black taxi driver Harry Muldoon being brutally gunned down in his North Belfast home on 31 October. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
However, within hours of Paddy Brady's murder, the UFF - Ulster Freedom Fighters - telephoned Downtown Radio admitting their involvement.
As part of his daily routine for the past ten-and-a-half years, 35-year-old Paddy Brady, a milkman from the St James's area, drove the short distance from his home to Kennedy's Dairy on the Boucher Road, close to the loyalist Village district. With him was his 14-year-old helper, Paul Hughes.
The pair arrived outside the dairy between 6.30am-6.35am and as Brady parked his white Volvo car, another vehicle, believed to be a brown coloured Cortina, draw parallel with him.
As he was locking the passenger door, several shots rang out and, within seconds, Brady lay dead on the roadside in a pool of blood, having been hit in the head. His assassins sped off and disappeared into the early morning darkness.
Paddy Brady's tragic death is the second assassination within two weeks, with black taxi driver Harry Muldoon being brutally gunned down in his North Belfast home on 31 October. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
However, within hours of Paddy Brady's murder, the UFF - Ulster Freedom Fighters - telephoned Downtown Radio admitting their involvement.