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John Teggart queried why Boris Johnson did not make a public apology. A Downing Street spokesman said that in a conversation with First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Mr Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jessica Taylor/PA) However the apology was not referenced in either DUP or Sinn Fein statements following the virtual meeting which focused on coronavirus. In a statement a Sinn Fein spokesperson said Ms O’Neill challenged Mr Johnson to apologise to the Ballymurphy families. They said she...

Calls are growing for the UK Government to issue an apology to the families of 10 civilians killed in west Belfast in 1971. Fresh inquests into the deaths involving the Army concluded that the victims were “entirely innocent” and soldiers were responsible for nine of the fatal shootings. Coroner Mrs Justice Keegan found that the use of lethal force by the Army was not justified. She also criticised the lack of investigation into the 10th death, that of John McKerr, and said she could not definitively rule who had shot him. SDLP leader Colum Eastwood and Alliance Party leader Naomi Long ur...

John Teggart queried why Boris Johnson did not make a public apology. A Downing Street spokesman said that in a conversation with First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Mr Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jessica Taylor/PA) However the apology was not referenced in either DUP or Sinn Fein statements following the virtual meeting which focused on coronavirus. In a statement a Sinn Fein spokesperson said Ms O’Neill challenged Mr Johnson to apologise to the Ballymurphy families. They said she...

John Teggart queried why Boris Johnson did not make a public apology. A Downing Street spokesman said that in a conversation with First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Mr Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jessica Taylor/PA) However the apology was not referenced in either DUP or Sinn Fein statements following the virtual meeting which focused on coronavirus. In a statement a Sinn Fein spokesperson said Ms O’Neill challenged Mr Johnson to apologise to the Ballymurphy families. They said she...

John Teggart queried why Boris Johnson did not make a public apology. A Downing Street spokesman said that in a conversation with First Minister Arlene Foster and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill, Mr Johnson “apologised unreservedly on behalf of the UK Government”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Jessica Taylor/PA) However the apology was not referenced in either DUP or Sinn Fein statements following the virtual meeting which focused on coronavirus. In a statement a Sinn Fein spokesperson said Ms O’Neill challenged Mr Johnson to apologise to the Ballymurphy families. They said she...