RELATIVES of Aidan McAnespie have appealed to anyone who gave evidence to the Crowley Inquiry to contact them.
The 23-year-old’s family has previously called on the Irish government to release the report.
Their appeal has been supported by senior GAA figures including All-Ireland winner Peter Canavan and former association president Peter Quinn.
The Crowley Report was compiled after the Irish government appointed then Garda deputy commissioner Eugene Crowley to investigate the McAnespie killing.
The results were received by then justice minister Gerry Collins in April 1988, but have never been published
The GAA’s director general Páraic Duffy recently wrote to Irish justice minister Charlie Flanagan requesting that the report be made public.
The Dublin government has claimed that some of those who gave evidence to Mr Crowley did so on the assurance of confidentiality and anonymity and for this reason it is not possible to publish it.
The McAnespie family dispute this and have now called on those who co-operated with Mr Crowley to make themselves known to the family or their legal team.
Brian Gormley, a cousin of the victim, last night issued a public appeal on behalf of the family.
“We would appeal for anyone who contributed to Crowley Report and would be willing to allow their names to be released to contact the family or KRW solicitors.
“The people we have spoken to were not aware when they gave the information of this being confidential or anonymous.
“They went into the inquiry with the view to giving information that would be helpful to the family."
He added: “There may be some people who gave information anonymously and if that’s the case their details can be redacted from the report.”
