‘Loughinisland killer’ sets up coffee stand near scene of the atrocity in Northern Ireland

Hawthorn yesterday refused to answer questions about the outrage when confronted by a Sunday Life reporter at the Thirsty Herd stall. A woman with him told the reporter to “p*** off”.

As the 27th anniversary of the massacre approaches this week, Sunday Life pictures show the man named as the UVF gunman who murdered six men at the Heights Bar as they watched the Republic of Ireland play Italy in a World Cup football match in June 1994.