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EPISODE · Jul 26, 2026 · 24 MIN

The Derry murder of Paul McCauley: ‘It was like a black cloud of grief over this city’

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In July 2000, a summer barbecue ended in unimaginable violence.  Father-of-one Paul McCauley (29), alongside his two friends, were brutally beaten by a loyalist mob in the Chapel Road area of Derry, in what police described as an unprovoked sectarian attack.  Paul never regained consciousness – spending almost a decade in care before dying from his injuries in 2015. Olivia Peden is joined by Senior Journalist with the Belfast Telegraph in Derry, Louise Doyle.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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