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CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-British soldiers shot dead innocent N.Irish people in 1971 - inquiry Reuters 5/11/2021 By Clodagh Kilcoyne BELFAST, May 11 (Reuters) - British soldiers unjustifiably shot or used disproportionate force in the deaths of nine of the 10 innocent people killed in an 1971 incident in Belfast that sparked an upsurge of violence during Northern Irelands Troubles, a judge-led inquiry found. A Catholic priest and a mother of eight who served soldiers tea during the Troubles were amo...

British Army killed innocent civilians in Belfast in 1971 -inquiry By Clodagh Kilcoyne Reuters BELFAST (Reuters) -British soldiers unjustifiably shot or used disproportionate force in the deaths of nine of the 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast that sparked an upsurge of violence during Northern Irelands "Troubles," a judge-led inquiry found. A Catholic priest and a mother of eight who served soldiers tea were among the victims in an event Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coven...

» Caolán McGinley “For five decades they have campaigned with dignity and determination for the truth about what happened to their loved ones and despite all the setbacks they have kept going with such resilience and resolve. Today is their day; it is a day for truth" - Michelle ONeill MLA INNOCENT: A Court has vindicated ten people murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9 th and 11 th August 1971.  The Coroner found that the victims – which included a Catholic Priest and ...

Leaders in Northern Ireland and Irish Republic welcome Ballymurphy findings Michelle Devane, Rebecca Black and James Ward, PA 11 May 2021, 7:26 pm Leaders in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic have welcomed a finding that 10 people killed in shootings in west Belfast in 1971 were “entirely innocent”. The British Army was found responsible for nine of the deaths of 10 people in Ballymurphy in August 1971, including a mother-of-eight and a Catholic priest, following fresh inquests. Presi...

The Journal brings you the five biggest stories of the day. 1. #BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE: An inquest into the shooting dead of ten people in west Belfast almost 50 years ago has found that the people killed were “entirely innocent”. 2. #ADOPTIONS: Proposed legislation to address right of access for adopted people to birth certs, early life and other information has been published by the Children’s Minister. 3. #HOLLES STREET: Protesters have gathered outside maternity hospitals calling for ...

Cavalcade remembers Ballymurphy victims 50 years on Updated / Tuesday, 11 May 2021 21:25 Cars beeping their horns drove through the community. Passengers inside waved large flags bearing the faces and names of each victim on one side, and on the other side, a single word emblazoned in bold "innocent". In her verdicts, Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan said that nine of the 10 victims were shot by the British Army. She could not make a finding in relation to the tenth person, based on the available ev...

Editorial: The Queens speech is a prescription for an authoritarian, unaccountable state Queen Elizabeth II with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall seated next to her as she delivers a speech from the throne in House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster THE very day the Ballymurphy massacre victims are confirmed to be entirely innocent civilians shot dead in cold blood by the British Army, the Prime Minister has stressed he still intends to bring forward amnesty plans for sold...

Derry councillors observe minutes silence in memory of those killed in Ballymurphy massacre Inquest rules that all those killed were entirely innocent Reporter: );  ); Councillors in Derry today held a minutes silence in memory of 10 people killed in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast as an inquest found that they were entirely innocent. The inquest, which began in November 2018, examined the deaths in August 1971. The shootings happened after an operation in which a number of people were detain...

Ballymurphy inquests told ten killed were entirely innocent The judge split the findings into five separate incidents Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The inquests into the deaths of 10 people shot dead in Ballymurphy in 1971 concluded on Tuesday with Mrs Justice Keegan saying “all t...

BBC News Published image captionThe family of Joan Connolly celebrated the coroners findings Politicians and other leading figures have been responding to the findings of an inquest into the deaths of 10 people in the wake of an Army operation almost 50 years ago. The victims included a priest trying to help the wounded and a mother of eight. Michelle ONeill, Sinn Féin image copyrightPAcemaker "My first thoughts today are with the families of those killed in the Ballymurphy massacre. All wer...