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Ballymurphy families press Government to oppose amnesty for UK soldiers Family members appeared before the Good Friday Agreement Committee in Dublin today. By Press Association Tuesday 25 May 2021, 2:06 PM 1 hour ago 1,319 Views 4 Comments Image: Niall Carson via PA Images Image: Niall Carson via PA Images FAMILIES OF PEOPLE shot dead by Briti...

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 today. She said Prime Min...

Relatives set to challenge any attempt by British government to shelve Troubles legacy

Family of Derry man killed by British soldier 40 years ago criticise plans for a Troubles amnesty “They tell us to move on, but they won’t let us." Harry Duffy pictured with some of his children. Reporter: );  ); The family of a Derry man killed by a British soldier 40 years ago has criticised plans by the British government to introduce a Troubles amnesty. Henry (Harry) Duffy was shot and killed by a soldier of the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment near to the junction of Little Willi...

Ballymurphy families: Boris Johnsons apology feeble and insincere Families outraged proper police investigation has not taken place, Dáil committee will hear British prime minister Boris Johnson. The families of the Ballymurphy massacre victims will on Tuesday describe his apology as feeble and insincere. Mon, 24 May, 2021 - 17:55 Daniel McConnell,  Political Editor The families of the Ballymurphy massacre victims will on Tuesday describe as “feeble and insincere” the apology given by Br...

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British establishment has always regarded the Irish as ‘Untermenschen 20 May, 2021 00:59 In a slight mutation of his usual  single transferable letter – ‘State Forces good, all others bad’ (May 11) – Trevor Ringland makes the astounding assertion that “only the republican movement appears to struggle with the idea that a crime including murder... is still a crime”. Where has Trevor has been living for the last 50 years? British policy throughout the conflict has...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a public apology for the investigation surrounding the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre in Belfast. The victims' families, however, have dismissed his apology noting that they had no notice of it and that Johnson apologized for the investigation as opposed to the ten deaths.