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Widows settle collusion cases against MOD & PSNI

Two widows, whose husbands were murdered by the UDA in separate incidents in 1976, have accepted substantial settlements in cases brought against the MOD & PSNI. Mary Loughrey, widow of Jim Loughrey, and Marie Newton, widow of John Toland, settled their cases for an undisclosed six figure sum.

STATEMENT FROM PFC/ JFF REGARDING DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE FORMER RUC OFFICER IN RELATION TO MULTIPLE MURDERS & ATTACKS FOLLOWING OPERATION NEWHAM INVESTIGATION

During the course of their investigation into the Glenanne series of murders (Operation Newham), the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI) sent a file relating to a former RUC officer for consideration to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS). The PPS has now decided that there is insufficient...

Coroner refuses to list Patrick Duffy inquest due to MOD delays

A Coroner examining the death of Patrick Duffy, shot in the back and side 14 times by an undercover army unit on 24th November 1978 at 2 Maureen Avenue, Derry, has told his family that she cannot list the inquest for hearing to complete before the Legacy Act deadline of 1st May 2024.

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES AND LOYALIST PARAMILITARY ORGANISATIONS

TURNING A BLIND EYE A State in Denial was published by Mercier Press in 2016 in which the story of the British State and its forces and their relationship with loyalist paramilitaries in the 1970s and early 1980s, was told. This paper explores new information that has come to light mainly through...

Tina's Story

The following account reflects the total and all-encompassing impact of the murder of a much-loved fifteen-year-old boy on a family and his wider community. Tina’s story graphically yet lovingly records the devastation of her brother’s killing by a British soldier in the summer of 1981. This is not...

2023 Henry Cunningham Essay Competition

The Pat Finucane Centre is delighted to announce their final Henry Cunningham annual essay competition. This is part of a ten-year award project secured through the Department of Foreign Affairs in memory of Carndonagh teenager Henry Cunningham who was tragically killed in August 1973. This essay is...

TRAUMA OF GLENANNE VICTIM CONTINUES

This article by Irish Times Northern Editor, Gerry Moriarty, which was first published on 7 February 2021, recalls the trauma experienced by Patricia Devlin who lost both her parents and who was herself lucky to survive the injuries she received in a sectarian gun attack by the so-called Glenanne...

FAMILY VIGIL AT COURTS IN BELFAST TO OPPOSE "LEGACY" BILL

Families bereaved in the conflict gathered at the courts buildings in Belfast on 17 April to say "Yes" to the Good Friday Agreement but a resounding "No" to London's proposals to bar all access to the courts, inquests, civil actions. The "In Their Footsteps" exhibition was on display and attracted...

"EX-RUC CAN WORK FOR PROPOSED LEGACY INQUIRIES"

Senior government advisor, Lord Caine, says there's no impediment to former RUC/PSNI serving as investigators in proposed legacy inquiries. Yet another reason for victims' families to oppose Government plans.

PRESS STATEMENT in relation to the settlement of the Campbell family Civil Case, Monday 21 November 2022

There is something wrong with a society that forces the widow and children of Pat Campbell to have to take legal action against elements of that state to get some small level of satisfaction for the pain and hurt that was visited on the family late in the evening of Monday 29 October 1973 by then...