# The Troubles

Last week

24th September 2023 - 30th September 2023

# Derry

Soldier B - accused of killing teenager Daniel Hegarty in 1972 - has died

15-year-old Daniel Hegarty was shot twice in the head in the early hours of 31 July 1972.

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Sep 26th 2023, 4:47 PM

Last month

September 2023

# Northern Ireland

Some Troubles victims' families received as little as £43 for funerals

The report said there were vast discrepancies in payments to victims killed in the same incidents.

6.8k

Sep 20th 2023, 9:16 AM

# UN Summit

Tánaiste to raise UK Troubles Legacy Bill with Irish American political leaders while in US

Martin said that he has sought legal advice on the situation regarding the bill.

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Sep 17th 2023, 7:06 PM

# legacy bill

Six families launch High Court challenge over Troubles Legacy Bill

Each family had relatives killed during the Troubles.

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Sep 15th 2023, 5:57 PM

# The Troubles

Taoiseach appeals to UK government to not enact Troubles Legacy Bill as govt mulls legal action

Speaking today, Varadkar said: ‘It’s not a small thing for one state to take a case against another state, but this is a serious situation.’

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Sep 8th 2023, 2:09 PM

# The North

Families of Troubles victims say passing of Legacy Bill is 'disturbing' and 'upsetting'

MPs yesterday rejected a Lords’ amendment to the Bill, which is now on the verge of becoming law.

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Sep 7th 2023, 8:00 PM

# Northern Ireland

House of Lords votes to amend controversial Troubles legacy Bill as UK govt urged to scrap it

Victims campaigner Raymond McCord said the Lords vote was an “embarrassment” to the Conservative government.

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Sep 5th 2023, 10:37 PM

# The Troubles

Victims’ images projected on Parliament as UK Government urged to scrap Troubles legacy Bill

The controversial legislation is set to return to the UK Parliament this week.

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Sep 4th 2023, 2:48 PM

This year

2023

# Belfast

Judge quashes disciplinary decisions against PSNI officers following Sean Graham memorial arrest

Mr Justice Scoffield said action was taken to allay any threat of Sinn Féin abandoning support for the PSNI.

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Aug 29th 2023, 6:59 PM

# The Troubles

Work of new Troubles legacy body will be ‘led by the wishes of victims’, says commission chair

Declan Morgan, who will head the commission, said there may be the possibility that the commission would be able to recommend prosecutions for Troubles offences.

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Aug 29th 2023, 5:01 PM

# The Troubles

Military hearsay statements can be used in Soldier F's Bloody Sunday trial, judge rules

Former paratrooper Soldier F is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney in 1972.

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Aug 25th 2023, 12:36 PM

# 12 July

Looking back at the Drumcree dispute 25 years on, as the DUP attempts to reignite debate

The Drumcree Dispute brought violence and horror on Northern Ireland for years that ultimately resulted in the death of three young boys.

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Jul 15th 2023, 9:00 PM

# First look

Underappreciated albums and harrowing histories: 4 Irish podcasts to subscribe to this summer

A guide to some of the great podcasts being produced in Ireland covering a range of fascinating topics.

600

Jun 21st 2023, 4:36 PM

# The Troubles

British Government refuse to pause NI legacy Bill despite opposition from victims groups

British minister Jonathan Caine defended the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill.

7.7k

Jun 18th 2023, 5:59 PM

# Internment

PSNI apologises to Hooded Men, says their treatment 'would be characterised today as torture'

The ‘Hooded Men’ were detained and subjected to extreme interrogation methods in 1971.

In 2015, the UK Supreme Court found a decision by the PSNI to discontinue their investigation into the allegations of torture against the ‘Hooded Men’ to be unlawful.

Former Hooded Men Liam Shannon and Jim Auld described the apology from police as “too little too late”.

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Jun 13th 2023, 3:26 PM

# The Troubles

'Absolutely horrendous': Woman who witnessed father being shot by IRA denied Troubles' scheme

Jeanitta McCabe witnessed her father being shot multiple times in her family home in 1990, but this has not been deemed a ‘Troubles-related incident’.

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Jun 5th 2023, 11:17 AM

# Memorial

Wreath laying takes place to mark 49th anniversary of Dublin-Monaghan bombings

35 people were killed by four no-warning bombs in 1974.

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May 17th 2023, 2:42 PM

# The Troubles

UVF provides report to family of John Crawford, who the group killed almost 50 years ago

Paul Crawford said there had been “good will, honesty and integrity” shown across the process, and received “full answers”.

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May 16th 2023, 7:47 AM

# GFA

Events marking 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement take place across island of Ireland

Victims of the Troubles gathered in Co Down to watch the sunrise this morning.

Political figures involved in the negotiations 25 years ago gathered for a commemorative event at Stormont today

Communities in the North are marking the anniversary with reflective events

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Apr 7th 2023, 8:31 PM

# The Troubles

Amnesty International calls for Irish Government to ‘put a marker down’ over UK’s legacy Bill

The legislation proposes offering immunity for people accused of crimes during the Troubles – as long as they co-operate with a new truth recovery body.

7.0k

Apr 6th 2023, 3:58 PM

# Dungannon

Kingsmill Troubles inquest ‘a painful and frustrating process for victims’ families’

The long-running proceedings heard final submissions today.

7.9k

Mar 31st 2023, 8:24 PM

# Aidan McAnespie

'We didn't want a pound of flesh': Aidan McAnespie's brother critical of sentence for David Holden

David Jonathan Holden, 53, was sentenced to three years at Belfast Crown Court this afternoon.

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Feb 2nd 2023, 2:48 PM

Last year

2022

# The Troubles

State Papers 1999: Mo Mowlam told Alec Reid she was 'f****d' if paramilitary killings continued

The late former NI Secretary of State was speaking as the decommissioning impasse rolled on.

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Dec 30th 2022, 8:30 PM

# The Disappeared

Families of Disappeared brave rain for walk in memory of loved ones

Relatives gathered together under umbrellas to say prayers, led by priest Father Joe Gormley.

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Nov 2nd 2022, 3:00 PM

# The Troubles

Troubles victims’ group calls Legacy Bill 'the biggest abuse of human rights in UK history'

The Legacy Bill would see a form of immunity offered to those who agree to co-operate with a new truth recovery body.

12.1k

Oct 31st 2022, 5:52 PM

# The Troubles

Halted prosecution of Soldier F over Bloody Sunday murders to resume

Prosecutors last year announced they were discontinuing the proceedings.

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Sep 22nd 2022, 3:12 PM

# Arrest

UK police arrest man at airport in connection with IRA's 1996 Manchester bomb

Greater Manchester Police have said that the man was arrested yesterday at Birmingham Airport.

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Sep 9th 2022, 11:41 AM

# The Troubles

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy bombing in Northern Ireland

Nine people were killed and 30 injured when three car bombs exploded on July 31 1972.

11.5k

Jul 31st 2022, 8:20 AM

# Northern Ireland

'Utterly shameful' Troubles legacy legislation clears the House of Commons

MPs voted 282 to 217 to give the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill a third reading.

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Jul 5th 2022, 8:17 AM

# 1974

Name of baby Martha O'Neill added to Dublin and Monaghan bombings memorial on Talbot St

Baby Martha O’Neill was stillborn three months after the bombings on 17 May 1974.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 12:08 PM

# The Troubles

Ballymurphy Massacre: Families receive 'significant damages' in court case against UK government

Ten people, including a mother of eight and a Catholic priest, were killed in the British Army shootings.

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Jun 13th 2022, 11:50 AM

# Northern Ireland

Coveney has 'serious concerns' around new Troubles amnesty legislation

The proposals are almost universally opposed by political parties across the UK and Ireland as well as victims’ groups.

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May 18th 2022, 5:35 PM

# Amnesty

UK Government set to bring forward Troubles legacy proposals

It comes the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Northern Ireland in a bid to restore power-sharing.

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May 17th 2022, 7:35 AM

# The Troubles

Tweaked Troubles amnesty plan met with opposition

Under UK Government proposals, immunity for Troubles-related crime will depend on co-operation with an information retrieval body.

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May 11th 2022, 9:59 AM

# newspaper reporters

Journalists Vincent Browne and Henry Kelly urged to help Belfast Troubles inquest

Browne has said he was “totally unaware” of any efforts made by a Belfast coroner to contact him in relation to the inquest.

18.1k

Apr 27th 2022, 5:35 PM

# Derry

Judge quashes decision not to proceed with Soldier F Bloody Sunday prosecution

Bloody Sunday families had challenged a number of decisions not to prosecute taken by the PPS.

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Mar 23rd 2022, 4:16 PM

# Aimee Mackin

'It’s probably similar to what’s happening in Ukraine' - growing up in the North during conflict

‘We were playing football in the garden and the British soldiers were walking up the road across from us because there was a barracks close enough to where I live.’

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Mar 12th 2022, 6:58 AM

# Collusion

RUC 'deliberately destroyed' files on Sean Graham bookmakers massacre

Eight loyalist attacks attributed to the UDA or its Ulster Freedom Fighters cover name have been examined in an ombudsman’s report.

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Feb 8th 2022, 11:39 AM

# 50TH ANNIVERSARY

'A terrible atrocity': Thousands attend Bloody Sunday memorial to remember victims

Several events are taking place in Derry to commemorate victims on the 50th anniversary of the massacre.

Relatives of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday attended a remembrance walk to honour those who died

Micheál Martin took part in the remembrance walk and laid a wreath at a ceremony held afterwards

President Higgins will later say the tragic events of 50 years ago today "reverberated across this island and around the world"

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Jan 30th 2022, 7:33 PM

# Derry

Michael D Higgins, Micheál Martin and Jeremy Corbyn to feature in Bloody Sunday commemorations

Micheál Martin will lay a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the tragedy.

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Jan 27th 2022, 12:49 PM