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Times journalist, John Chartres, feted as an independent witness to the nail bombs allegedly carried by young Gerald Donaghey, was in fact a retired British Army major. His track record speaks for itself.

Judicial Communications Office 1 Friday 5 July 2019 Court Of Appeal Delivers Judgment In Glenanne Report Challenge Summary of Judgment The Court of Appeal1 today upheld a decision that the brother of Edward Barnard had a procedural legitimate expectation that an overarching report would be carried...

The family of the late Billy McGreanery, killed by the British Army in 1971, have issued the following press statement following their acceptance of a significant settlement in respect of his death

The Family of the Sean Brown express their deep disappointment at the British Secretary of State's decision to appeal the ruling by Humphries J that a public inquiry be established into Sean Brown's murder

This declassified NIO file reveals some disturbingly cavalier attitudes towards civilians on the part of civil servants. It concerns drivers who were forced, usually by the IRA, to drive ‘proxy bombs’ to their targets. This was a deeply controversial and terrifying practice and an egregious breach...

I am writing on behalf of the brothers and sisters of Dennis Heaney to express our concerns about your repeated intention to retain elements of the Legacy Act introduced by the former Conservative Government on 1 May 2024.

The daughter of a man murdered by Loyalists in 1977 has demanded the immediate reinstatement of investigations by the Police Ombudsman. The following Irish Times article by Freya McClements was published on October 9 2024.

Below is the letter that was handed to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at a meeting in Dublin on 18th September 2024 by Deirdre McHugh, outlining her concerns regarding the Legacy Act and ICRIR, and clearly state what would meet her family's needs as victims. We are publishing this letter in full with...

I welcome the announcement of the Secretary of State in the House of Commons today, that an independent statutory public inquiry will be established into the murder of my husband, Patrick Finucane. After 35 years of campaigning for such an inquiry, I believe this announcement represents a...

The Attorney General, Brenda King, has today ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Billy McGreanery in Derry in 1971. This follows the disappointing decision yesterday by the Public Prosecution Service that the soldier who shot Billy dead would not be prosecuted in relation with the killing...