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The actor and producer will talk to Tubridy about the new book, getting to meet his heroes and how one of his comedies nearly started World War III. After a coroners report found all 10 victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre "entirely innocent" this week, some of their relatives will speak with Tubridy about the long road to this point and what they feel UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson must do next. After making headlines last month, when they had to take their case to court to avoid mandatory hot...

Hardly a day goes past that you don’t see a post on social media from some group or other that begins with On this day or something similar recording the anniversary of the death of someone in the Troubles. It’s a constant reminder of the violent loss of life, across the years, across age groups, across all areas and across all sections of the community. It’s often said that the victims are forgotten; I don’t think that’s necessarily true. They’re not forgotten, it’s more ...

Northern Ireland’s troubled past and Brexit tensions are likely to dominate discussions between the Irish Premier and UK Prime Minister on Friday. Boris Johnson has been dogged by criticism in recent days over his response to an inquest finding that 10 people killed in shootings involving the Army in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in 1971 were “entirely innocent”. A Downing Street claim that the Prime Minister apologised on behalf of the state in a phone call with First Minister Arl...

DUP leadership contenders deliver eve-of-polls messages to party voters Edwin Poots (left) and Jeffrey Donaldson are in the race to be the next DUP leader (PA) Thu, 13 May, 2021 - 20:20 Rebecca Black, PA Democratic Unionist Party leadership contenders Jeffrey Donaldson and Edwin Poots have issued eve-of-poll messages in a final bid to clinch the position. The pair are running to replace outgoing leader Arlene Foster who announced her resignation last month. It is the first leadership contest in...

BELFAST: Calls are growing for the UK government to issue an apology to the families of 10 civilians killed in west Belfast in 1971.Fresh inquests into the deaths involving the Army concluded that...

LONDON: The UK government apologised on Wednesday after 10 civilians were killed during violence in Northern Ireland nearly 50 years ago, Downing Street said. The apology came a day after a coroner ruled that British soldiers used “clearly disproportionate” force against protesters in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in 1971. Victims included a priest and a mother of eight children. Families of the dead, whom the coroner said were all declared “entirely innocent of any wrongdoing”, have acc...

A Downing Street spokesman says the PM apologised but some families reject his remarks.

Speaking after Boris Johnson’s announcement, the Irish Government reaffirmed its solidarity with the Ballymurphy families as they approach the 50th ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will write in person to the families of the Ballymurphy victims to express his apologies for their deaths 50 years ago.

investment funds known as cuckoo funds might not be ready for another two weeks. Pressure has been mounting on the Government in recent weeks to take swift action to close off incentives for investment funds to purchase large amounts of housing in Ireland as soon as possible. Gaza 2. Israel has pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures. The country’s defence force also toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas...