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Brian Stack's family to receive formal State apology today

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The family of murdered prison officer Brian Stack is due to receive a formal State apology today for failings in the investigation into his killing by the IRA in 1983. More than 40 years on, no one has been brought to justice. Speaking to Jonathan this morning was the son of the murdered prison officer Brain Stack, Austin Stack.

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