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More than 100 public servants who died in service awarded Elizabeth Emblem

More than 100 public servants who died in service have been recognised by the awarding of an Elizabeth Emblem. The award is the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross, which recognises members of the UK Armed Forces who died in action or as a ...

04 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Forensics link Martin McCauley to ‘cowardly murder’ of three RUC men, court told

Forensic evidence links a man to the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in Northern Ireland in 1982, a court has heard. Martin John McCauley, 62, with an address at Esmondale in Naas, County Kildare, appeared in the dock at ...

30 Jan 2025 at 18:29

Northern Ireland

Consideration given to recruiting 50% women to newly formed PSNI, records show

Consideration was given to recruiting women into Northern Ireland’s new police force on a 50:50 basis with men to address their “severe under-representation”, declassified files have revealed. However, legal advice was that a policy that half ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Watchdog identifies series of failings in investigation of Kingsmill Massacre

A watchdog report into the Kingsmill Massacre has identified a series of failings in the original police investigation of the IRA atrocity, including a “wholly insufficient” deployment of resources to catch the killers. Ten Protestant men ...

29 Apr 2025 at 20:02

Northern Ireland

Long-awaited watchdog report into Kingsmill massacre due to be released

A long-awaited police watchdog report into one of the most notorious incidents of the Northern Ireland Troubles – the Kingsmill Massacre – is due to be released. Ten Protestant men were shot dead when republican gunmen posing as British ...

29 Apr 2025 at 02:45

Northern Ireland

Officer tells inquiry he believes police were the intended target of Omagh bomb

The Real IRA most likely set out to murder police when they left a massive car bomb in the centre of Omagh in 1998, an officer has told a public inquiry. Norman Haslett told the Omagh Bombing Inquiry that while the bomb killed 29 ...

18 Feb 2025 at 17:56

DerryNow

“Is it the role of the Police Federation to defend the actions of the RUC?”

The Chair of the Police Federation for NI said it asked its members to consider challenging a Police Ombudsman’s findings of RUC 'collusive behaviour' because it affected its members and ‘retired cadre’. Last year, The Northern ...

04 Dec 2023 at 17:00

Northern Ireland

Former RUC chief sorry for impact of ombudsman spat on Omagh bomb victims

A former Northern Ireland chief constable is sorry for the impact on Omagh bomb victims of a public spat he had with the Police Ombudsman over a critical report. Counsel for Sir Ronnie Flanagan also said it remains of personal ...

23 Jun 2025 at 16:18

Local News

Family call for fresh inquest into death of Donegal man in Altnagelvin Hospital

A fresh inquest has been requested into the death of a man in a hospital in Derry following a road crash. John O’Sullivan, a Customs and Excise Officer from County Donegal, died following the incident in the intensive care ...

25 Sept 2024 at 09:24

Northern Ireland

Family of murdered councillor Patsy Kelly receive police apology

The family of a nationalist councillor murdered more than half a century ago has received an apology from police. Patsy Kelly, 35, was abducted and murdered on his way home from work in Co Tyrone by loyalist ...

01 Oct 2025 at 12:48

Northern Ireland

Family call for fresh inquest into death of a man in a Londonderry hospital

A fresh inquest has been requested into the death of a man in a hospital Londonderry following a road crash. John O’Sullivan, a Customs and Excise Officer from County Donegal, died following the incident in ...

25 Sept 2024 at 07:35

Northern Ireland

RUC investigation into 1991 Belfast murder was ‘ineffective’, ombudsman finds

The RUC investigation into the murder of a man by loyalists in Belfast in 1991 was “ineffective” and not capable of bringing perpetrators to justice, Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman has said. Marie ...

24 Apr 2025 at 14:52

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