John Morris Commemoration

The annual wreath laying commemoration for fallen INLA volunteer John Morris will take place at Bohernabreena cemetery in Tallaght co Dublin on Sunday the 8th of June at 2pm.

Assemble at Bohernabreena cemetary gate.

All are welcome to attend on Sunday the 8th of June at 2pm
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John Morris
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Killed in Action on 5 June 1997


John Morris, aged 26, from Sundale Close, Tallaght, County Dublin, died in hospital a day after being shot by Irish police during an INLA expropriation in Goldenbridge Industrial Estate, Inchicore, County Dublin.

The gun he used was unloaded and he offered to surrender when the police arrived. Despite early press reports to the contrary, it was later clarified at an inquest that he had been shot seven times in the back and in the head.

He was a recruitment officer for the INLA in South Dublin as well as a prominent anti-drugs activist in Tallaght. The INLA identified him as a member on active duty at the time he was killed. Three other INLA members who were with him during the expropriation were jailed by the Special Criminal Court on 11 March 1998.

He was buried with paramilitary honours in Dublin's Bohernabreena Cemetery by a twelve man colour party, with a heavy police presence.

His family announced in May 2003 that they would sue the Irish
government for wrongful death. In March 2004, the Irish High Court ruled against his family's attempt to challenge the coroner's
decision not to release statements and other material relating to
the investigation before the inquest.