Motion no: 11
This conference notes that, more than sixteen years after the murder of Belfast-based investigative journalist and trade union activist Martin O’Hagan there have been no convictions for the crime.
Martin O’Hagan exposed criminality and corruption in Northern Ireland without fear or favour. The National Union of Journalists has expressed no confidence in the willingness or ability of the PSNI to pursue those responsible for his murder.
This conference calls on the Northern Ireland Committee and the ICTU Executive to support the NUJ campaign for an independent, external investigation into the O’Hagan murder and to engage with relevant authorities in Northern Ireland, the British and Irish governments; with international institutions including the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the UN, in support of such an investigation.
