In a statement on March 29, 2025, a spokesperson for Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive), Sinn Féin Poblachtach said: “The targeting of a Republican POW, his wife and children as they slept in their beds is the lowest form of thuggery.
“In the early hours of Thursday, March 27 a South Armagh family was selected by what can only be described as lowlife drug dealers for serious injury or death by deliberate fire.
“The father, an ex-POW, and the rest of his family will not be deterred by the actions of these people. They’re the lowest form of humanity, that would set a fire with the intention of burning children to their death.
“These people live off the backs of misery. They target the most vulnerable and ply their poison with no regard for human life.
“Sinn Féin Poblachtach calls on the people of South Armagh to stand against this scourge.”

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