Families of the Troubles’ victims are not ‘vexatious’. They simply want...
The Tories are keen to protect accused British soldiers but have little empathy with those who suffered in Northern IrelandThe legal definition of “vexatious” is “an action, or the bringer of an...
View ArticleGraffiti threats to Derry reporter who witnessed death of Lyra McKee
Leona O’Neill targeted in fresh slurs after reporting on Bloody Sunday marchA Northern Ireland reporter who witnessed the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry last April has received renewed...
View ArticleFamilies of Troubles victims warn against amnesty for soldiers
Emmett McConomy, whose 11-year-old brother died in 1982, said cases ‘not going away’A man whose 11-year-old brother was killed by a soldier in Northern Ireland nearly 40 years ago has warned that...
View ArticleLord Hutton obituary
Former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland chosen to chair the inquiry into the death of the weapons expert David KellyBrian Hutton, Lord Hutton, who has died aged 89, was a former lord chief...
View ArticleBloody Sunday families reject decision to charge only one soldier
Relatives of some of the 14 people killed to challenge ruling by Northern Ireland Public Prosecution ServiceThe families of those who died in the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Derry are to challenge a...
View ArticleWhy is the British army not held accountable for its actions? | Neil Mitchell
The government’s apology for the Ballymurphy massacre is 50 years too late – this culture of military cover-up needs to change In the aftermath of last week’s inquest into the 1971 Ballymurphy...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland prosecutors drop Troubles-era cases against ex-soldiers
Two former British army soldiers had faced prosecution over Bloody Sunday killings and murder of Derry teenagerProsecutors in Northern Ireland have dropped murder charges against two former British...
View ArticleTroubles trials: why did they collapse, and what happens next?
Decision to halt prosecution for murder of two British veterans is likely to affect other casesWhy have prosecutors dropped Troubles-era murder charges against former soldiers who served in Northern...
View ArticleFirefights, foxhunts and flowers shows: a staggering new view of the Troubles
Thirty years in the making, photographer Gilles Peress’s 2,000-page ‘totality’ places scenes of everyday life in 70s and 80s Northern Ireland alongside harrowing images of violence and griefWhen...
View ArticleWhite handkerchief and a Derry play tell Bloody Sunday story
Drama about those who died when soldiers opened fire on protesters will premiere on 50th anniversaryFor almost 50 years, the bloodstained white handkerchief held aloft by Father Edward Daly as he tried...
View ArticleDespite the violent past and toxic present, Britain and Ireland cannot escape...
The fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday reminds us that history and geography mean that now, as then, the fates of the two countries are entwinedAlmost 50 years ago, in the early hours of 2 February...
View ArticleBloody Sunday: what has happened in the 50 years since the killings?
After two inquiries and an apology from a British prime minister, no one has been prosecutedAdrian Dunbar to lead events to mark 50th anniversary of Bloody SundayThe Bloody Sunday killings cast an...
View ArticleAdrian Dunbar to lead events to mark 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Line of Duty actor to host weekend of talks, walks and reflections to commemorate 1972 killingsTimeline: what has happened in the 50 years sinceAdrian Dunbar is to lead a commemorative event to mark...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on the Bloody Sunday anniversary: the legacy remains |...
Even 50 years later, the killings in Derry in 1972 cast a long shadow over Britain’s policies in Northern IrelandFor many on both sides of the Irish Sea, the killing of 14 unarmed civil rights...
View ArticleHow Bloody Sunday unfolded – in pictures
As Derry prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we revisit the archive to show how the day unfolded on 30 January 1972, when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march...
View ArticleOn Bloody Sunday by Julieann Campbell review – first-hand stories of a...
This oral history, using the testimony of survivors, relatives and witnesses, is meticulous and moving in telling the story of the massacre in Derry 50 years ago“As children,” Julieann Campbell writes...
View ArticleIt’s 50 years since Bloody Sunday, but sectarian tensions are running high |...
The old divides are closing, but the flags in Derry show that some unionists are in no mood to move onThe road I grew up on in Drumahoe, on the outskirts of Derry, has been on the news lately, and not...
View ArticleBloody Sunday: hundreds pay respects in Derry 50 years after atrocity
Irish taoiseach Micheál Martin and other party leaders lay wreaths at Bloody Sunday memorial as part of series of commemorative eventsHundreds of people have followed in the footsteps on the original...
View ArticleThe White Handkerchief review – Bloody Sunday powerfully relived by a local cast
Guildhall, DerryDrama, music and movement are combined to potent effect in this new play depicting the tragic events of 30 January 1972Iconic photographs give this new musical play its title: a...
View Article‘We won’t stay silent any longer’ – 13 protest photographs that changed Britain
As a new law comes into place that restricts how people can demonstrate across the UK, we look at some of the images and moments that reshaped the nation• 48 protest pictures that changed the worldI...
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