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Catholics and Protestants alike say a commission created by the British Parliament to handle hundreds of sectarian crimes will do little to heal old wounds.

News Briefing: Britain and Ireland

The families of nine innocent victims shot dead by the British Army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles will receive 'significant' damages from the Ministry of Defence - but no apology yet

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 Minister Boris Johnson needs to be told 'firmly' that there should no amnesty for soldiers who allegedl...

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 the victims were speaking on the Late Late Show last night. Carmel Quinn said the verdict on her brot...