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Brian Stack was shot in the back of the neck as he left a boxing match in 1983

ByFiona MurrayBBC News NI
  • Published21 October 2026, 06:21 BST
Updated 1 hour ago

The family of a senior Irish prison officer murdered by the IRA is to receive a state apology on Wednesday for failings in investigations into his killing.

Brian Stack, a father of three, was crossing a street in Dublin, after leaving a boxing match in 1983, when he was shot in the back of the neck.

Stack, who was the chief prison officer at the high-security Portlaoise Prison, was left paralysed and died 18 months later, aged 49.