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Relatives of victims killed by British army hit out at amnesty plans Ballymurphy Massacre families including Eileen McKeown (Daughter of Joseph Corr), Mary Corr (Daughter in law of Joseph Corr ), Irene Connolly (daughter of Joan Connolly ) and Kathleen McCarry (Sister of Edward Doherty). Picture by Mal McCann Seamus McKinney and Rebecca Black 15 July, 2021 01:00 (Left to right top row) Joseph Corr, Danny Taggart, Eddie Doherty, Father Hugh Mullan, ...

The UK Government is expected to introduce a statute of limitations to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles before 1998 to stop Northern Ireland being “hamstrung by its past”. Secretary of State Brandon Lewis will outline the approach in the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon, as Government sources rejected claims it would amount to an amnesty for Army veterans and paramilitaries. A Government source said: “We want to give Northern Ireland society the best chance of moving fo...

BBC News Published media captionGovernment proposals on the legacy of the past will "draw a line under the Troubles" - PM The government has confirmed it intends to bring forward legislation to ban all prosecutions related to the Troubles. Speaking at Prime Ministers Questions, Boris Johnson said the legacy proposals would allow Northern Ireland to "draw a line under the Troubles". Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis told Parliament it was a decision not taken lightly. Some victims groups ...

10 July, 2021 01:00 Frances McAllister pictured on the left holding a banner for the Belfast Relatives Action Committee, formed to campaign on behalf of republican prisoners MY sister Frances was born on April 14 1956. She was a middle child in a family of 13 children. Three of us died shortly after they were born. Sixty years later, on June 13 this year, Frances died after a short illness. Sibling grief is a very special grief. Brothers and sisters usually know each other for the w...

Addthis The appointment of Trevor Ringland as Northern Ireland’s special envoy to the U.S. has been questioned by the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), which issued a statement via its National Freedom for All Ireland chairman Martin Galvin. “The appointment has heightened concerns that the British government plans to renege on the Stormont House Agreement and shut the door on legacy justice for those killed during the Troubles," Galvin said in the statement. Read more "Mr. Ringland has be...

On May 11, 2021 the Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan presided as Coroner over the inquests into the deaths of ten persons arising from incidents that occurred betw...

EU seals off airspace to Belarusian planes after Ryanair jet seizure May 25, 2021 EU leaders have agreed to close off the blocs airspace to Belarusian planes, while also banning EU planes from Belarus airspace, following the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk to seize a dissident journalist. Video: EU Council This video also appears in: GO BACK The account details entered are not currently associated wit...

SORRY seems to be the hardest word — as well as it being the title of a song by Elton John, it could also describe the reluctance of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to formally apologise to the families of the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre. Criticism was directed at Johnson following the ruling on May 11, when Mrs Justice Keegan concluded that the victims of the shootings were “entirely innocent” and the British army was responsible. Keegan went on to criticise the lack of investigation into t...

Families of people shot dead by British soldiers at Ballymurphy 50 years ago have called on the Irish Government to intervene in any attempt to prevent prosecutions of veterans by the British Government. Family members said they would take legal action against any plans to block the prosecution of former British soldiers. Carmel Quinn, whose brother John Laverty was shot dead in the incident in west Belfast, appeared before the Good Friday Agreement Committee in Dublin on Tuesday. Carmel Quinn�...