Jim Meighan, a Catholic from the New Lodge area of Belfast was murdered while driving his girlfriend home. The funeral of an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) member, murdered by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) last week, has taken place in east Belfast.

Report shows Prestwick Park near the Loyalist Ballysillan area of Belfast where Jim Meighan was shot and killed in his car.

Photograph of Jim Meighan and his girlfriend.

Interview with Jim Meighan's parents at their home.

To camera Michael Fisher reporting on high incidence of murder in Northern Ireland this year.

The coffin of murdered UDR member, Stephen McGrath, being carried through the street.

The reporter is Michael Fisher.

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