@adstack68

Author “Justice For My Father”|GE Candidate 24 | Restorative Justice | Advocate on legacy issues of Irish conflict | Health & Safety | Prostate Cancer Awareness

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geni.us/JusticeForMyFather
Joined February 2012
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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Oct 19
My interview on @morningireland this morning in relation to the State apology around the mishandling of the Garda investigation into my Dad’s murder which An Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD will deliver to the Dail on Wednesday. #JusticeForMyFather rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/eb…

Brian Stack's family to receive formal State apology

Austin Stack on the impending State apology for the failings in the investigations into the death of his father, prison officer Brian Stack, by the IRA over 40 years ago.

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@rtenewsOct 19
Austin Stack thanked Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris who he said have shown 'true political leadership' in agreeing to the apology rte.ie/news/2026/1019/159593…

State 'stepping up to the plate' with Stack apology: son

The son of a chief prison officer who was shot by the IRA in 1983 and later died has said that the State is "stepping up to the plate" by issuing an apology over the investigations into his death.

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@rtenewsOct 18
The family of a prison officer who was murdered by the IRA over 40 years ago is scheduled to receive a formal State apology in the Dáil on Wednesday for failings in the subsequent investigations into his killing rte.ie/news/politics/2026/10…

Brian Stack's family to receive formal State apology

The family of a prison officer who was murdered by the IRA over 40 years ago is scheduled to receive a formal State apology in the Dáil on Wednesday for failings in the subsequent investigations into...

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Gill Hess Associates@GillHessLtdOct 17
independent.ie/irish-news/my… #JusticeForMyFather @eriu_books @adstack68

‘My dad was murdered by the IRA and the State let him down badly’ – family of prison officer Brian...

Austin Stack says he knows who killed his father four decades ago. He tells how his personal mission to find out what happened has taken him into the dark and murky world of the paramilitaries

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OnThisDayTheIRA@OnThisDayPIRASep 28
#OnThisDay in 1984 the IRA murdered Brian Stack. Married father, 48. Off duty Irish chief prison officer at Portlaoise, shot & brain damaged/paralysed 25/3/83 on a Dublin St leaving a boxing match. Died #OTD. "As a 14 yr old you`re shaving your father..." irishtimes.com/news/politics…
OnThisDayTheIRA@OnThisDayPIRA29 Sep 2022
#OnThisDay in 1984 the IRA murdered Brian Stack. Married father of 3. Off duty chief prison officer at Portlaoise prison severely injured 25/3/83; shot in back of his neck, crossing a Dublin street, leaving a boxing match. Died #OTD leinsterexpress.ie/news/home… xitter.cf/OnThisDayPIRA/status/1…
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The Irish Times
@IrishTimesAug 15
Ann Travers: To see the woman convicted of my sister’s murder pictured with President Connolly broke me 🔺 The fetishisation of the Troubles by Kneecap is part of the same normalisation 🔺 Last Thursday, I saw President Catherine Connolly standing smiling beside that woman in a group photograph Read more: irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/…
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Eoin O'Malley@AnMailleachAug 8
It’s hardly surprising that @PresidentIRL never stopped to think of who and what she represents. It’s all part of protest politics. This is the water she swims in.
Irish Independent
@Independent_ieAug 8
Sister of IRA victim seeks apology after President Connolly photographed next to woman convicted of murder buff.ly/pZYFMwK

Sister of IRA victim seeks apology after President Connolly photographed next to woman convicted of...

Man whose father was shot by dissidents also said he found photo ‘very upsetting’

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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Jul 29
Recent views by an ex-terrorist on national airwaves are extraordinary & shocking. It just shows how much people can be radicalised. A balanced debate on the hurts & harms caused by terrorism is needed. I outline those in “Justice For My Father” @GillHessLtd @eriu_books #fyp
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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Mar 4
The paperback version of my book with updated cover will be available from 12 March, to purchase follow the link: geni.us/JusticeForMyFather #Justice #IRA #Troubles #TrueCrime #Books #Ireland #History
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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Jul 21
“Justice For My Father” my story & my book feature on episode 118 of @Howishepodcast here is a snippet. Full podcast on You Tube. Link to full podcast & online purchases of book in comments. #ireland #Books #TrueCrime #fyp #Fypage #ira #justice
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Máiría Cahill
@cahillbooksMay 28
SF isn't left wing. They're nationalists who would eat their granny if it provided power.
TheJournal.ie@thejournal_ieMay 27
Sinn Féin and People Before Profit were not contacted by Labour about a possible joint candidate for the upcoming Seanad byelection, but the Social Democrats say they should be included. jrnl.ie/7053259

Friction on the left over who should be included in left-wing Seanad election pact

Sinn Féin and People Before Profit were not contacted by Labour about a possible joint candidate.

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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68May 6
“Justice For My Father” Had a really nice email with positive feedback about the book from a complete stranger & a tourist to these shores. Heart warming…. New paperback edition out now! @GillHessLtd @eriu_books geni.us/JusticeForMyFather #Books #Justice #fyp #fypage #TrueCrime
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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68May 12
The Brian Stack Murder as told by Austin Stack youtu.be/1nk3aqKu0Vo?is=w_8N… via @YouTube #JusticeForMyFather buy the book online: geni.us/JusticeForMyFather #Justice #Books #TrueCrime #IRA #fyp #fypage #Ireland #Terrorism

The Brian Stack Murder as told by Austin Stack

The case of Brian Stack, the Chief Prison Officer in Portlaoise Pri...

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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68May 22
Such welcome news! We’ve come a long way since the HSE tried to axe our A&E 9 years ago. It’s just a pity that there was no mention today of the @Save_MRHP group who organised protests, meetings & badgered politicians over a long number of years. Eaten bread etc….. @LaoisToday
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Máiría Cahill
@cahillbooksApr 26
Sinn Féin backed a full hunting ban, putting it at odds with swathes of rural Ireland it courted during the fuel blockades. How ironic that Sinn Féin is now definitively opposed to killing animals, yet still seeks to justify the IRA actions that killed humans. independent.ie/opinion/comme…

Máiría Cahill on the Sinn Féin ard fheis: Brit-blaming, Belfast brogues and a hunting policy that...

Party’s choice of venue was smart, but what was said there left much to be desired

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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Apr 4
A fantastic review of Justice For My Father by @OHanlonEilis in today’s @Independent_ie the paperback version of the book is now on sale from all the usual outlets & online: geni.us/JusticeForMyFather @GillHessLtd @eriu_books @SkyNews @BBCWorld @rtenews #TheTroubles #Books #fyp
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Gill Hess Associates@GillHessLtdApr 4
Justice For My Father: A son’s relentless quest to find the IRA killers who shot Brian Stack ⁦@adstack68⁩ @eriu_books ⁦@bonnierbooks_uk⁩ ⁦@Independent_ie⁩ independent.ie/entertainment…

Justice For My Father: A son’s relentless quest to find the IRA killers who shot Brian Stack

Austin Stack writes with remarkable restraint in a memoir that charts his decades-long campaign to discover the truth over the 1983 shooting of his prison officer dad

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Erskine Childers
@erskinechildersMar 28
I always find comments like this fascinating. Do they expect him to ride the DART or walk to engagements? My Grandad was roared at for using cars. There’s no way a Tanaiste, Taoiseach nor @PresidentIRL could do their schedules, often through the country daily, any other way
Chris Hazzard MP@ChrisHazzardSFMar 28
Taoiseach Michael Martin tells people struggling with rocketing fuel prices to “drive slowly and take the bus instead” The same man has been chauffeured about Ireland for the last 30 years
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Neale Richmond@nealerichmondMar 24
Absolutely incredible… After days of hot air, Sinn Féin actually voted AGAINST excise cuts in the Dáil this evening. They were the only opppsition party to do this. They literally voted against measures to reduce the price at the pumps for motorists.
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Austin Stack 🇮🇪🇪🇺@adstack68Mar 23
Replying to @cynimhurchu
@cynimhurchu is correct, the softly softly approach to casual drug use must end. Apart from the adverse health side effects people smoking weed or snorting coke are funding the drug gangs & their wars. #drugs independent.ie/irish-news/me…

MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú calls for ‘tougher penalties’ for drug convictions as offences rose by 5pc...

The highest rates were recorded in Dublin city, Cork city and Clonmel, Co Tipperary

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