Des Mcalea News Today

Were it not for the sudden resignation of Simon Byrne, the former chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Sir Iain Livingstone…

The Miami Showband massacre will be remembered in Athy Arts Centre, tonight 12 September. It will be preceded at 6pm with an unveiling of a Made of Athy plaque…

The Miami Showband massacre will be remembered in Athy Arts Centre on Tuesday next 12 September. The arts centre will host a screening of the documentary…

Des ‘Lee’ McAlea has called for Dublin to install a “proper monument” to those who died in the Miami Showband Massacre. 

The only member of the Miami Showband not present at the scene of the massacre is suing over alleged state collusion in the loyalist paramilitary attack.

Ray Millar described himself as ‘forgotten man’ of atrocity where three bandmates were murdered in 1975

One of the survivors of the 1975 Miami Showband massacre is to appeal a “paltry sum” awarded to him by the Victims Payment Board, the solicitor representing him has said.

The Northern conflict arguably began in January 1969 when loyalists violently attacked a civil rights march at Burntollet Bridge and was perhaps bookended by the Omagh bomb in August 1998 – months after the Good Friday Agreement – which turned out to be the worst atrocity of all.

Miami Showband massacre survivor Des McAlea hopes last week’s outcome, and the £1.5m damages awarded to survivors and relatives, will set a precedent

UK ruling on PSNI decision to drop investigation is a vindication for campaigners, Martin says