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Finucane inquiry denied whilst Villiers may call for inquiry into IRA killing of Justice Gibson and his wife as recommended by Judge Cory

Posted By: July 28, 2015

Mark Thompson. Relatives for Justice. Date: July 28, 2015  The British Gov. appointed Secretary of State for the North of Ireland has said that she has not ruled out ordering an inquiry into the killing of a Judge and his wife during the conflict. Lord Justice Gibson and his wife were killed in an IRA […]

Family of murdered GAA official to sue police and MoD

Posted By: July 27, 2015

Connla Young. Irish News. Belfast). Monday, July 27, 2015 THE family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown are to sue the PSNI chief constable and British Ministry of Defence (MoD) over the part they believe they played in his death.The move comes more than 18 years after the respected Co Derry man was shot dead by loyalists.The […]

Miami Showband massacre: ‘You don’t have to die to lose your life’

Posted By: July 26, 2015

Forty years later and survivor Stephen Travers still feels the raw hurt and pain.Graham Clifford. Independent. Sunday, July 26, 2015As he lay there in a roadside field, with blood streaming from his right thigh and left upper body, Stephen Travers had to make the most chilling of decisions.Did he pull himself to his knees and beg the gunmen not to […]

The torture centre and the ‘hooded men’

Posted By: July 25, 2015

Weekend read: In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. Nine of the surviving ‘hooded men’ are still seeking justice for what they say was torture – and they have the human-rights lawyer Amal […]

Anti-Catholic graffiti painted on wall opposite east Belfast primary school

Posted By: July 24, 2015

John Monaghan. Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, July 24, 2015  Sectarian graffiti on Connsbrook Avenue in east Belfast . Picture: Matt Bohill  GRAFFITI threatening Catholics has appeared opposite a primary school in east Belfast, in the latest incident of sectarian slogans across the city in recent weeks.“No Taigs in our area” was sprayed across a wall at […]

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