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Barney O'Dowd RIP

A personal reflection by Alan Brecknell | 10 April 2024

One of my first memories of Barney is of him entering a room at Benburb Priory in County Tyrone in 2000, he was there to attend a meeting which had been organised by the Pat Finucane Centre. This older man walked through the door and just lit up the room. Even though he was there to meet others who...
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Advocacy Support Worker- Armagh, Belfast, Hybrid | 08 April 2024

PFC are seeking an Advocacy Support Worker to join our team. The PFC provide advocacy, advice and support victims and survivors of the conflict in Ireland. We currently have offices in Belfast, Derry and Armagh, with a Dublin office supporting those in the Republic of Ireland through our sister...
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Family of Annette McGavigan issue pre-action protocol letter against PPS to make decision on prosecution before 01 May deadline

| 20 March 2024

Lawyers representing the family of Annette McGavigan issued a pre-action protocol letter against the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) yesterday, requesting a prosecutorial decision regarding the soldier who shot their sister Annette before the 01 May deadline. Annette McGavigan was 14 years old when...
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Widows settle collusion cases against MOD & PSNI

| 26 February 2024

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

Following | 21 February 2024

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...
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Coroner refuses to list Patrick Duffy inquest due to MOD delays

Joint press statement from PFC & Harte Coyle Collins | 07 February 2024

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.
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES AND LOYALIST PARAMILITARY ORGANISATIONS

Margaret Urwin, JFF | 05 December 2023

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...
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Tina's Story

TINA BARRETT'S HARROWING ACCOUNT OF THE KILLING OF HER 15 YEAR OLD BROTHER BY THE BRITISH ARMY IN 1981 | 23 October 2023

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...
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2023 Henry Cunningham Essay Competition

Closing Date: 15th Dec 2023 4.00pm | 03 October 2023

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...
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TRAUMA OF GLENANNE VICTIM CONTINUES

PATRICIA DEVLIN RECALLS HOW SHE SURVIVED THE HORRIFIC INCIDENT WHICH TOOK THE LIVES OF HER PARENTS | 24 April 2023

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...
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