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Soldiers involved in Coagh shooting referred to prosecution service

A number of SAS soldiers involved in an ambush that killed three IRA men in Co Tyrone in 1991 have been referred to prosecutors to consider if criminal acts were committed in the planning of the operation. Mr Justice Humphreys, presiding coroner for ...

30 Apr 2024 at 19:08

Northern Ireland

Coroner ‘firmly committed’ inquest into murder of Sean Brown will go ahead

A coroner has said he is firmly committed that an inquest into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown will take place despite being told that a substantial amount of police material has recently been uncovered. Justice Patrick Kinney said it was ...

02 Oct 2023 at 11:16

Northern Ireland

Coroner ‘prevented’ from delivering ruling on UVF deaths by Government challenge

A coroner said that he has been prevented from delivering a “narrative” around the events surrounding of the murder of four people killed in two loyalist attacks in Co Tyrone in 1992 following a legal challenge from the Government to it being ...

26 Apr 2024 at 16:05

Northern Ireland

Family of man shot dead in Derry secure financial settlement from MoD

The family of a man shot dead by the British Army in 1971 have secured a financial settlement from the Ministry of Defence. Billy McGreanery, 41, was shot at the junction of Eastway, Lonemoor Road and Westland Street in Derry, late in the ...

14 Nov 2024 at 11:55

Local News

Some Troubles investigations require public hearings to test evidence – Morgan

Public hearings will be necessary to test evidence in investigations into some Troubles deaths carried out by a new truth recovery body, its chief commissioner has said. Sir Declan Morgan, who will lead the Independent Commission for ...

26 Apr 2024 at 14:30

Northern Ireland

Intelligence links state agents to murder of Sean Brown, court is told

A number of people linked by intelligence material to the murder of GAA official Sean Brown were state agents, a court has heard. A lawyer for the family of Mr Brown said the revelation was “shocking and upsetting”, adding that the ...

27 Feb 2024 at 18:10

Local News

‘Incomprehensible’ Irish Government has not provided Brown documents – coroner

It is “incomprehensible” that the Irish Government has not yet handed over 30 documents of material to the inquest into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown, a coroner has said. Amid ongoing concern from Mr Brown’s family about ...

16 Oct 2023 at 13:03

Northern Ireland

Some Troubles investigations require public hearings to test evidence – Morgan

26 Apr 2024 at 11:16

Northern Ireland

Volume of legacy inquests creating ‘pressure’ for police

The number of legacy inquests scheduled in upcoming months is creating “pressure” for police in preparing files of sensitive material for disclosure, a court has been told. During a preliminary hearing at Laganside ...

30 Nov 2022 at 17:04

Northern Ireland

Coroner appeals for witnesses to 1972 Springhill shooting

A coroner has made a public appeal for witnesses to a shooting incident involving the Army in Belfast 50 years ago, in which five civilians were killed, to come forward. Judge Neil Rafferty said he planned to ...

07 Sept 2022 at 16:45

Northern Ireland

More than 40 boxes of material gathered over policeman murder, hearing told

More than 40 boxes of material relating to the murder of an RUC sergeant in 1977 have been gathered by the Police Ombudsman, a preliminary inquest hearing has been told. A lawyer told the hearing at ...

29 Nov 2022 at 17:39

Local News

Coroner ‘firmly committed’ inquest into murder of Sean Brown will go ahead

A coroner has said he is firmly committed that an inquest into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown will take place despite being told that a substantial amount of police material has recently ...

02 Oct 2023 at 11:41

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