Post #1104914
2026-03-31 20:57 UTC
My friend Lyra should have turned 36 today. She was murdered by the IRA while observing rioting in Derry in 2019, almost 7 years later those responsible still haven't faced justice.
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@andymcmillan@xoxo.zone 2026-03-31 21:05
I ran into her randomly walking down the Ormeau Road when I was last back in Belfast in 2017, a particularly difficult trip home, and she insisted we drop everything and go get coffee together. She was always scheming up something, and while I don't quite remember what we talked about, I vividly remember leaving with my mood completely reversed. She had such infectious energy; she genuinely believed she could do anything, and she believed it of her friends too.
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@andrewg@mastodon.ie 2026-04-01 00:17
@andymcmillan@xoxo.zone I didn’t know her, but I knew so many people who did that I felt her presence by proxy. I’m so sorry. ❤️