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'Investigative Failures' By Police Found Over Four Deaths Significant operational and investigative failures by the police over the deaths of four people during severe disorder in Belfast in August 1969 have been found, according to the Police Ombudsman. In a 128-page report published , Marie Anderson concluded that nine-year-old Patrick Rooney, Hugh McCabe aged 20, Samuel McLarnon aged 27, and 28-year-old Michael Lynch, died after being struck by police gunfire during disturbances in the Divis and Ardoyne areas of the city. The report found that even allow...

PSNI chief constable urged to apologise over 1969 killings  Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney was shot by the RUC in August 1969 in the bedroom of his home in the Divis Flats in west Belfast. Rebecca Black, PA 05 May, 2021 20:42 Northern Ireland’s chief constable has been urged to issue a public apology over the deaths of a boy and three men in Belfast in 1969. Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney, Hugh McCabe, 20, Samuel McLarnon, 27, and Michael Lynch, 28 were fatally wounded by police gunfire during disturbances in the Divis and Ardoyne areas across Augu...

RUC erred at Troubles’ dawn by firing on flats from armoured cars Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: PA Police blundered at the dawn of Northern Ireland’s Troubles by using vehicle-mounted machine guns in residential areas and not effectively investigating the ensuing deaths, including that of the first child killed in the conflict, according to a new report. © Photograph: PA British troops on Divis Street in Belfast on 16 August 1969, two days after fatal shootings by the RUC. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) committed “si...

Last modified on Wed 5 May 2021 19.46 EDT Police blundered at the dawn of Northern Ireland’s Troubles by using vehicle-mounted machine guns in residential areas and not effectively investigating the ensuing deaths, including that of the first child killed in the conflict, according to a new report. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) committed “significant operational and investigative failures” during the killing of four people in Belfast on 14 and 15 August 1969, the police ombudsman said in a report published on Thursday. Patrick Rooney, nine, Hugh McCabe, 20, Samuel McLarnon, 27, an...

A total of 40 per cent of Bankies who took part in a survey last week said Clydeside would be the best place for the memorial Bankies have backed a grieving family’s plea for a town memorial to lives lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. As reported by the Post last week, Patrick Rooney died at the age of 76 last year from the coronavirus leaving his family unable to properly mourn. They called for a memorial for loved ones and the community’s sacrifices and resilience through the pandemic - and the public, and businesses, have backed the idea. Tom Sheridan, boss of Clydebank Estate and ...