{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/69f46d229dcd58edd9c8897a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"50 Years On: The Unsolved Murder of Séamus Ludlow in Dundalk - 01/05/2026","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/1777622867941-0cb4eab8-aa6c-4e04-ade2-7c1a87df8433.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Tomorrow marks 50 years since the murder of Séamus Ludlow — one of the most troubling and still unresolved killings linked to the Troubles on this side of the border.</p><p><br></p><p>Ludlow was a 47-year-old forestry worker from Dundalk, described as a quiet, non-political man with no paramilitary connections. On the night of May 2nd, 1976, he was shot dead as he walked home from a pub. His body was later found just a short distance from his home.</p><p><br></p><p>In the decades since, no one has ever been convicted of his murder. His family have long maintained he was an entirely innocent victim — widely believed to have been killed by a loyalist gang that crossed the border, possibly mistaking him for someone else.</p><p><br></p><p>The case has been dogged by controversy - but the full truth of what happened that night remains unclear.</p><p><br></p><p>We were joined on The Agenda this morning by Seamus’ nephew, Michael Donnegan Ludlow.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}