{
  "id": 15585094,
  "title": "State 'stepping up to the plate' with Stack apology: son",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/state-stepping-up-to-the-plate-with-stack-apology-son",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T08:52:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1019/1595937-brian-stack-state-apology/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The son of a chief prison officer who was shot by the IRA in 1983 and later died has said that the State is \"stepping up to the plate\" by issuing an apology over the investigations into his death.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}