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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 evening of ...

14 Nov 2024 at 11:55

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 the timetabling of ...

16 Oct 2023 at 13:03

Northern Ireland

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 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 courthouse in an ...

30 Nov 2022 at 17:04

Local News

Sean Brown Inquest: State agencies accused of ‘deliberately delaying’ information release over death

State agencies have been accused of “deliberately delaying” the release of information about the death of a man killed by loyalists 26 years ago so an inquest cannot be completed. At a review hearing in the inquest into the death ...

13 Jun 2023 at 13:35

Northern Ireland

Coroner seeks assurance state agencies not ‘downing tools’ in Loughgall inquest

A coroner has asked for undertakings that state agencies have not “downed tools” on preparatory work for a fresh inquest into the deaths of nine people in Loughgall in 1987 before the cut-off date imposed by the UK Government’s ...

14 Dec 2023 at 11:39

Northern Ireland

Widow of murdered councillor ‘shattered’ that inquest may never be heard

The widow of a murdered independent nationalist councillor said she is “shattered” to hear that an ordered inquest may never be heard. Patsy Kelly, 35, was abducted and murdered in Co Tyrone by Loyalist paramilitaries in 1974. ...

17 Nov 2023 at 19:23

Northern Ireland

State agencies accused of ‘deliberately delaying’ information release over death

13 Jun 2023 at 12:44

Northern Ireland

No documents found of meeting between Mowlam and Kingsmill witness, court told

No relevant documents relating to a meeting between former secretary of state Mo Mowlam and a new witness who has come forward in the long-running Kingsmill inquest have been found, a court has been told. At a review ...

25 Oct 2023 at 18:59

Northern Ireland

UVF victims’ families accuse Government of ‘disgraceful’ attempt to stop justice

Families of four loyalist murder victims have accused the Government of a “disgraceful attempt to stop justice being done” for threatening a legal challenge to a ruling at their inquests. It came after a coroner ...

26 Apr 2024 at 17:46

Northern Ireland

Inquest to determine whether lethal force was justified in SAS shooting in 1992

An inquest will determine whether the use of lethal force was justified in an SAS ambush which killed four IRA men in Co Tyrone in 1992, a court has heard. Northern Ireland’s presiding coroner Mr Justice ...

18 Sept 2023 at 13:32

Northern Ireland

Irish government ‘was reluctant’ to acknowledge border role in Kingsmill attack

There appeared to be “some reluctance on the part of the Irish State” in the wake of the Kingsmill attack to acknowledge the role of the border in the massacre, a coroner has said. Delivering his ...

12 Apr 2024 at 18:39

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