Martin McGuinness has said the media is running a dirty tricks campaign against him, yet denies that he said off camera that, “The only good journalist is a dead one”.
The family of Frank Hegarty who was murdered on the orders of Presidential candidate Martin McGuinness, have spoken at their horror at the prospect of Martin McGuinness becoming President of Ireland.
The Hegartys, who haven’t spoken publicly about their brother for nearly two decades, last night broke their silence to insist that Mr McGuinness had lured Frank to his death.
They say Mr McGuinness inveigled his way into their family home with promises that Frank would not be harmed if he came home to Derry and met the IRA. Mr McGuinness is described as kneeling at the feet of Rose Hegarty, Frank’s mother, as he promised that Frank would not be harmed.
When Frank did come home in May 1986, however, he was shot in the head by the IRA and his body dumped on a country road. When he was found, the masking tape that had been used to cover his eyes was peeling off in the rain.
The Hegartys said this weekend they wanted to warn others that beneath the Sinn Féin presidential candidate’s charming manner lay a ruthless, deceitful man.
