Williamson offers taxpayer cash to defend Bloody Sunday murder suspect
Soldier F has been charged with murder and attempted murder
Soldier F has been charged with murder and attempted murder
The news that the Police Service of Northern Ireland is to begin a murder investigation into the “Bloody Sunday” killings is both dramatic and mundane.
The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane are set to launch legal proceedings against David Cameron’s refusal to establish a full independent judicial inquiry.
Confirmation this week that compensation payments will be offered to vicitims of ‘Bloody Sunday’ and their families has shone a light on some unfinished business.
A look back at the week’s news, including the outcome of the Saville Inquiry, the £2bn Lib-Con spending cuts and Rupert Murdoch’s move for total control of BSkyB.
David Cameron’s apology to the families of those who lost their lives on Bloody Sunday following the publication of the Saville Inquiry was a powerful moment in Northern Ireland’s political history.
The attributes that make for fine paratroopers do not make them best suited to complex situations, such as containing protestors.
Thirty-eight years after 14 unarmed civilians were killed on the streets of Derry, the Bloody Sunday Inquiry will report its findings today.
However painful, the truth of that day, Sunday January 30th 1972, Sunday, Bloody Sunday, deserves to be laid out for all to see; the dead and injured deserve nothing less.