Andrew Allen was murdered by dissident vigilante group RAAD in Donegal in 2012
THE mother of murdered Derry man Andrew Allen has called on all paramilitary groups to disband.
Donna Smith’a son Andrew was shot dead in 2012, said the Óglaigh na hÉireann ceasfire announced yesterday “doesn’t go far enough”.
The dissident republican group said it would suspended armed actions against the “British State”.
The SDLP and Sinn Fein welcomed the announcement but said ONH should also disarm.
The Catholic Bishop of Derry, Dr Donal McKeown said the ceasefire was “recognition that the people of Ireland, north and south, decided 20 years ago this year to seek a way forward through exclusively political means”.
He added: “At this time I also ask people to remember those for whom this decision has come too late.”
Mr Allen, 24, was shot dead a rented property in Buncrana, Co Donegal, by a group calling itself Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD), a Derry-based vigilante group
Mrs Smith told BBC Radio Foyle: “I am glad there is a ceasefire because maybe some families will not end up the way we are.
“All of those groups need to disband because nobody wants them, they just shouldn’t exist
“People just want to live in peace. No one wants this now.”
She said her family continues to feel devastated almost six years on from her son’s death.
“It actually gets harder,” she said.
“I would just like to see somebody brought to justice for Andrew’s murder.”
Last September, an inquest into Mr Allen’s murder was adjourned at the request of Gardai.
A senior officer told the Coroner that the murder probe was “still a live investigation”
Gardai believe the killers had travelled from Derry to shoot Mr Allen dead.
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