The World - News from March 2, 1988

Britain’s relations with the Irish Republic became further inflamed as controversy grew over the fatal shooting Feb. 21 of a young Roman Catholic by a British soldier near the republic’s border with Northern Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey challenged the British contention that Aiden McAnespie, 23, was shot accidentally as he was about to cross the border en route to work. A soldier was arrested and charged with murder, but he was granted bail after his attorney argued that the death resulted from the accidental discharge of the soldier’s weapon. Dublin’s decision to open an investigation has angered Northern Ireland Protestants, as well as members of the British Parliament who see the move as interference in an internal British matter.