The scandal of Haggarty

RFJ attended at court for the conclusion of the criminal proceedings in relation to Gary Haggarty. The sentencing today marked an important and difficult...

Pension recommendations welcome, hypocritical commentary is not

By Mark Thompson Today the Victims Commission published its recommendations on a pension for those most seriously injured during the conflict. The Commission rightly advised...

Bereaved Victims of Irish Conflict Travel to Westminster to Oppose Legacy...

A group of relatives whose loved ones were murdered in the conflict will travel from Belfast to Westminster Parliament Square today at 1pm 24th...

Review of legacy inquests

Presiding coroner, Mr. Justice Michael Humphreys, has conducted a review of legacy inquests to see how they are progressing with a view, in particular,...

Pearl River and thoughts of home

After speaking at Devision 3 AOH in Pearl River, Rockland County, we headed over to Rockland GAA club to meet and talk to people...

Flower Arranging in RFJ

The flower arranging class in Gulladuff provides our members with an opportunity with a new skill set, a sense of achievement and self-worth.  There...

Statement from the family of Danny Cassidy following PONI report

“The family of Danny Cassidy wish to thank the Police Ombudsman for the briefing they received yesterday on her investigation into the RUC in...

Remembering Peter Thompson

It’s Saturday 13th of January today - I never do this as part of my job at RFJ, speak to or write about the...

Springhill inquest: Military witness treats inquest with contempt

The Springhill inquest ended this week after hearing evidence for the last three weeks from 16 military witnesses. One of those former soldiers displayed...

UK pulls down shutters on victims as it erects banner of...

Speaking in response to the Committee of Ministers (CoM) findings in Strasbourg RFJ’s Director, Mark Thompson, said: “Relatives for Justice and the hundreds of families...