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Family of those killed during the Troubles by loyalist paramilitaries in south Belfast pose together holding images of their loved ones and copies of the Ombudsman's report into Police handling of loyalist paramilitaries murders and attempted murders in south Belfast in the period 1990 to 1998, at Shaftesbury Recreation Centre, Ormeau Road, Belfast
BRITISH police informants were behind the murders and attempted murders of at least 27 people by loyalist paramilitaries in the north of Ireland, the police ombudsman said today.
It identified eight Ulster Defence Association members that were linked to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) as part of the Operation Achille investigations.
Marie Anderson found intelligence failures and “collusive behaviours” by the RUC, saying that concerns raised by the families of the victims and survivors were “legitimate and justified.”
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH