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It was fitting that Trevor Ringland’s polemic – ‘The Hunger Strikers’ political ideology was deeply flawed’ (May 11) – scolding all who honour the memory of the Hunger Strikers, appeared on the same day as the Ballymurphy Massacre inquest verdict.

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�...

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

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.

Johnson apologises to Ballymurphy families in House of Commons Relatives again critical of British prime minister for shortcomings in statement about 11 hours ago Updated: about 5 hours ago Victims of the Ballymurphy massacre, 1971: Joseph Corr, Daniel Teggart, Edward Doherty, Fr Hugh Mullan, Francis Quinn, Pat McCarthy, Joan Connolly, John James McKerr, Noel Phillips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy. File photograph: Ballymurphy Massacre Committee/PA   The British prime minister has m...

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British Army found to have massacred unarmed civilians in Ballymurphy, Northern Ireland, in August 1971 A long-delayed inquest into the shooting deaths of 10 people in the Ballymurphy estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland has concluded that all were civilians, posed no threat to anyone, were unarmed and that nine of them were shot by the British Army. Coroner Mrs Justice Keegan could not definitively identify the origin of the bullet that shot the tenth person. The verdict was welcomed by relativ...

The sister of shooting victim John Laverty, who was 21 when he was shot dead by British soldiers at Ballymurphy, said it has taken 50 years for the truth to come out which she said "has destroyed their lives". A coroner found that nine of the 10 victims had been shot by British Army soldiers. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent a letter to the victims families, in which he expresses his personal sorrow for the "terrible hurt that has been caused" by the deaths. Relatives of some of th...