Say Nothing: Son of IRA homicide sufferer criticises ‘cruel’ depiction of mom’s demise in Disney present | EUROtoday

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The son of a girl murdered and secretly buried by the IRA has known as the portrayal of her demise in a brand new Disney+ drama collection ‘cruel’.

Michael McConville, who was a baby in 1972 when his mom Jean was kidnapped from their west Belfast dwelling, mentioned her demise is ‘not entertainment’ however his and his household’s actuality for the final 52 years.

Mrs McConville is named one of many Disappeared, a gaggle of 17 individuals who had been kidnapped, killed and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries in the course of the Troubles.

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Her stays had been lastly present in 2003 at Shelling Hill Beach in Co Louth within the Irish Republic by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (ICLVR).

No one has ever been prosecuted over her demise which left 10 kids orphaned.

Mrs McConville’s final moments are a part of the TV collection known as Say Nothing, which is predicated on a e-book by Patrick Radden Keefe. The collection focuses on the lifetime of now deceased republican Dolours Price.

Mr McConville mentioned folks don’t realise how hurtful it’s for his household for his mom’s homicide to be featured in a drama collection, notably approaching the anniversary of her demise on December 1.

He mentioned he has not watched the collection and doesn’t intend to.

“Disney is renowned for entertainment, my mother’s death is not ‘entertainment’ for me and my family,” he mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday night.

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“This is our reality, every day for 52 years.

“And although we live with it every single day and it never goes away, the timing of this is particularly bad given that it is my mother’s anniversary on December 1.”

“I just don’t think people realise how hurtful this is.”

He added: “The portrayal of the execution and secret burial of my mother is horrendous and unless you have lived through it, you will never understand just how cruel it is.

“Everyone knows the story of Jean McConville, even Hillary Clinton who I met a few years ago knew my mother’s story.

“And yet here is another telling of it that I and my family have to endure.

“Eventually, this series will be forgotten and the people who made it will have moved on to something else.

“They can do that, I can’t.”