A former IRA bomber is urging Pope Francis to consider beatifying Northern Ireland judges and their family members who were killed by republican terrorists. Shane Paul O'Doherty has written an open letter to the pontiff after the Catholic Church recognised the martyrdom of Italian judge Rosario Livatino, who was gunned down in September 1990 by the Sicilian Mafia, paving the way for his beatification. As a Christian who now repudiates violence, Mr O'Doherty says he wants to see similar recognition for leading legal figures murdered by the IRA during the Troubles, including barrister Edgar Gr...