Anthony Mcgrady News Today

Incumbent Danielle Slade confirms her candidacy in the mayoral race against deputy mayor Phil Barwick and councillor Peta MacRae. Get the latest updates on the race and their plans for Mount Isa.

Anthony McGrady, 16, was killed alongside brothers Ronnie and Sean McDonald in the UVF gun and bomb attack on a garage on the Cliftonville Road. 

Following his recent article on the impact of the Troubles on his family, St James’ man Liam McGrady has once again put pen to paper, this time to tell the story of the remarkable fate of the only man convicted of the brutal murder of his brother Anthony (16) by the UVF in August 1973. 

During the Covid-19 lockdown, St James’ man Liam McGrady put pen to paper about the impact of the Troubles on his family. From his brother Frankie on hunger strike and his mother’s correspondence with the British Government to the tragic murder of his brother Anthony (16) by the UVF and the family’s harassment by the British Army, this is ‘A Mother’s Untold Story of the Troubles’.