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If the IRA was fighting a war, its enemies should get an amnesty Northern Ireland should draw a line in a national act of contrition about an hour ago Desmond Rea The aftermath of an explosion at the Europa Hotel, Belfast, in April 1972. File photograph: Ciaran Donnelly   In what would seem to have been a well-informed leak, the Times of London of May 6th stated in two subheadings the following: “Soldiers and terrorists to be given immunity from prosecution” (for actio...

BBC News By Julian O'Neill Published image captionThe Ballymurphy families have engaged in a lengthy campaign Today is another of those days in which the past makes itself felt in the present. It is a day which serves as a reminder that while the Troubles officially ended 23 years ago, historical events are still being fought out in courtrooms. The Ballymurphy families battled long and hard for this moment. The new inquest was granted back in 2011, ordered by the attorney general, who was presented with a fresh dossier of evidence. Other cases wait in the wings to start or finish. Scores of o...

Prince Philip by Stephen Ward. Christine Keeler was the woman at the centre of the Profumo scandal. As a teenager, she slept with Captain Eugene Ivanov, a Russian naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy in London, while also having a relationship with the much older John Profumo, the high-flying Conservative MP who was Secretary of State for War. Profumo, who met Keeler in July 1961, dramatically denied a relationship with her in the House of Commons but later admitted he had lied and, in June 1963, resigned in disgrace. Stephen Ward, the artist and ‘society osteopath’ who had introduced Kee...

Belfast solicitor representing high-profile republicans was shot in 1989 by loyalist gunmen © Brian Lawless/PA John Finucane, a Sinn Féin MP for North Belfast and Patrick Finucane’s son, welcomed the decision.The Council of Europe is to reopen its review into the 1989 murder of the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, an attack found to have involved British state collusion. Finucane, who represented a number of high-profile republicans, was shot dead in front of his family by loyalist gunmen in one of the most notorious killings of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The council, which over...

Council of Europe to reopen Pat Finucane murder investigation Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA The Council of Europe is to reopen its investigation into the 1989 murder of the Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane, an attack found to have involved British state collusion. Finucane, who represented a number of high-profile republicans, was shot dead in front of his family by loyalist gunmen in one of the most notorious killings of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The council, which oversees the European court of human r...