Louth, the Slovak Three were sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for arms smuggling. An Phoblacht ("War News" section) on 25 July 1991 was headlined IRA Executes Informer. The section justified Oliver's murder: In 2002, Thomas Oliver's son Eugene (aged 13 at the time of his father's death) wrote a public letter to the Dundalk newspaper, Argus, demanding answers to a series of questions directed at Sinn Féin's election candidate, Arthur Morgan regarding his father. Argus published the letter on its front page. Sinn Féin declined to comment; a spokesman said the party had no comment to make on the Real IRA trio, stating "They have nothing to do with us". Morgan was elected as TD for the Louth constituency, serving from 2002 to 2011; he was succeeded by Gerry Adams. 2021 new DNA evidence Investigators working in Operation Kenova announced that they had obtained new DNA evidence relating to the murder. See also Similar IRA murders Murder of Jean McConville Charles Armstrong Murders of Catherine and Gerard Mahon Columba McVeigh Peter Wilson (Northern Ireland kidnapping and disappearance case) References and sources Notes Sources Lost Lives: The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland Troubles, pp. 1242–43, McKittrick, Kelters, Feeney, Thompson, 1999 (2006); . External links "Tom Oliver's murder began a wave of outrage against the IRA, ... ", Raidió Teilifís Éireann; accessed 23 September 2014. 1991 deaths Deaths by firearm in the Republic of Ireland Deaths by person in the Republic of Ireland Irish torture victims Irish murder victims Male murder victims People from County Louth People killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army People murdered in the Republic of Ireland 1991 murders in the Republic of Ireland History of County Armagh