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First published on Wed 12 May 2021 12.28 EDT Boris Johnson has apologised for the British army operation that resulted in the death of 10 innocent civilians in the west Belfast neighbourhood of Ballymurphy in 1971. The prime minister made the apology on Wednesday, a day after an inquest in Northern Ireland found the use of force had been unjustified, implicating the army in a Troubles atrocity to rival Bloody Sunday. Johnson made his remarks in a phone call to Northern Ireland’s first minister, Arlene Foster, and the deputy first minister, Michelle O’Neill, Downing Street said in a ...

Boris Johnson 'unreservedly' apologises for 'huge anguish' caused to Ballymuprhy families Downing Street said Mr Johnson made the remarks during a call with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland The spokesperson said Mr Johnson restated his Government’s intention to deliver a way forward in Northern Ireland that 'focuses on reconciliation, delivers for victims of the Troubles and ends the cycle of reinvestigations.' File Picture Wed, 12 May, 2021 - 17:59 Rebecca Black PA UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has “apologised unreservedly” for the events that led to ...

Boris Johnson has 'apologised unreservedly' on behalf of the UK Government for the Ballymurphy Massacre. Downing Street said the British Prime Minister made the apology in a call with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill this evening. “The Prime Minister apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government for the events that took place in Ballymurphy and the huge anguish that the lengthy pursuit of truth has caused the families of those killed,” Downing Street said in a statement. However, it noted that he also restated his amb...

A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were "entirely innocent" and their deaths were unjustified. What beca...

Relatives criticise British prime minister’s statement as it was not addressed to them