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| Anthony Neeson speaks to three families Belfast's Bloody Sunday |
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Anthony Neeson speaks to Jacqueline Butler whose father Paddy was one of five people - two of them children - shot dead by the British Army in Ballymurphy in 9 July 1972
Jacqueline Butler was only 18 months old when her father Paddy was gunned down in the Springhill Massacre It's remembered by some as the Springhill Massacre, by others as Belfast's Bloody Sunday. But one thing that no one disagrees with, is that when the shooting stopped on the evening of 9 July 1972 five people lay dead, two of them children and one a priest...
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| Campaigners force publication of Plastic Bullet guidelines |
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23rd Oct 2002.
Tonight at 6pm, for the first time in its history, the British government published its guidelines on the use of plastic bullets by the British army.
In an answer to a parliamentary question tabled by Labour MP Kevin McNamara, the British government through its minister for armed forces, Adam Ingram, published the full guidelines governing the use of plastic bullets by the British army in the North of Ireland...
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| Ardoyne families fighting for justice 23 years on |
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Anthony Neeson speaks to three families about their quest for justice.
When the families of murdered IRA men Dinny Brown, Jackie Mailey and Jim Mulvenna went to identify their bodies, each was shown the other two's riddled corps by the RUC before the body of their loved one.
Dinny's family were shown the bodies of Jackie and Jim first, after both had already been identified. When Jim's grieving partner asked why his body was soaking wet, a sniggering RUC man replied, "you'd be wet if you'd been lying out all night."...
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