‘Barbaric’ murder of young Catholic family with ten-month-old baby remembered 50 years on

The “barbaric” murder of a Catholic family - including a 10-month-old baby – by loyalists has never been fully investigated, their loved ones believe. Joe Dempsey (22), his wife Jeanette (19) and their daughter Brigeen, aged just 10 months, all died after the loyalist petrol bombing in New Lodge on August 27 1976.The triple murder, which has been linked to the Tigers Bay UVF, sent shockwaves across the north. Other homes in the Hillman Street area were attacked by loyalists on the night the young family were killed.North Belfast man recalls harrowing scenes as he tried to rescue family from 1976 loyalist petrol bombingOpens in new windowNow, 50 years after the callous murders, surviving relatives have vowed to continue their search for justice.In a statement surviving members of the Dempse