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Government rejects probe into army shooting of 11 civilians in Ballymurphy

Over three days in August 1971 eleven people were killed by British troops in the Ballymurphy area By Niall McCracken. The Detail ( Belfast) 29 APRIL 2014 THE British Government has rejected calls for an independent probe into the deaths of 11 civilians shot by British troops in Ballymurphy in August 1971. In a letter […]

Bally Murphy Families Outraged By British Government Response

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 The Ballymurphy Massacre Families have expressed their outrage at the British Government’s response to their call for an independent panel to be established to investigate the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971. The Independent Panel proposal, which has been presented to both the British and Irish governments, is based on the model used […]

Damning ruling by judge over loyalist flag protests:Too often the tail wagged the dog … this was not the PSNI’s finest hour

  Police chiefs were wrong to allow illegal and violent protest marches, the High Court has ruled Brian Rowan. Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, APRIL29, 2014 The street clowns had taken over the circus and there was no sign of a ringmaster. In the fallout from the City Hall flag vote, the period from December 2012 through […]

PSNI ‘wrongly facilitated’ loyalist flag protests

BBC. Monday,  April  28, 20 The dispute arose over restrictions on the flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall BBC. Monday,  April  28, 2014  The Police Service of Northern Ireland wrongly facilitated illegal and sometimes violent loyalist flag protest marches, a judge has ruled. Mr Justice Treacy upheld a legal challenge to police decisions by an east […]

Mass rule is ‘destroying the Orange Order’

Impartial Reporter ( Fermanagh). Thursday,  April 24,  2014 1 A FERMANAGH Orangeman has spoken of how he has been on the verge of quitting the organisation over its “stupid rule” about members attending Catholic church services. Pictured at the launch of the audit report which has heightemed debate within the Order are (from left) Norman Johnston, Past County Grand Master; […]

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