Background
During The Troubles in Northern Ireland, on 25 January 1988, Patrick's father, businessman John "Jack" Kielty, was shot dead by an Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) volunteer. The UFF was a cover name used by loyalist group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). John Kielty was to have been the key witness in British Central Television's defence of a libel action brought by Jim Craig, who was suing the television company over a broadcast of The Cook Report, which connected him to racketeering, is said to have ordered John Kielty's murder.
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