US ambassador appeals for Rafferty information
10/11/2005 - 16:58:14The US ambassador to Ireland has urged anyone with information on the Joseph Rafferty murder to co-operate with gardaí to see that justice is done.
James C Kenny met Mr Rafferty's sister Esther Uzell this afternoon. Ms Uzell is hoping to meet senior Irish-American figures when she travels to Washington soon.
In a statement afterwards, the ambassador said the US embassy will be monitoring the case with interest.
Ms Uzell believes an IRA and Sinn Féin member gunned down her brother in north-west Dublin in April.
She said senior Sinn Féin members who have information on the killing had not come forward.
By taking her campaign to the US, she hopes pressure can be applied on the killer to hand himself in.
