Politics
Family of prison officer killed by IRA receives state apology
BBC World News·October 21, 2026·1 min read
The family of Brian Stack, a prison officer killed by the IRA, received a state apology on Wednesday. Stack was shot in the back of the neck while crossing a street in Dublin in 1983 and died 18 months later. The apology marks a formal acknowledgment of the state's failure to protect him.
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