Ballymurphy victims' families to receive significant damages
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Families of those killed in the Ballymurphy massacre are set to get an undisclosed sum in damages as part of settlements reached in civil actions

'It doesn't excuse Army actions,' says solicitor over Ballymurphy compensation

Boris Johnson should travel to meet the families of the Ballymurphy victims, a  former Northern Ireland secretary has urged.

PM urged to travel to Northern Ireland to meet Ballymurphy families

Boris Johnson is facing heavy criticism for not delivering the apology in public himself, not only from the Ballymurphy families but from some politicians. 

Anger as Ballymurphy families say PM's written apology means 'nothing' 

Father Hugh Mullan was killed as he crawled to waste ground to administer the last rites for a man who was shot in the Ballymurphy massacre.

'Nobody seemed to care that this young priest’s life had been taken away'

A UVF sniper may have caused some of the deaths of ten people who were killed in gunfire in Ballymurphy in August 1971, a court has heard.


Ballymurphy inquest hears UVF sniper 'active' at time of killings

Ten people were killed in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast during three days of gunfire in August 1971.

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'It doesn't excuse Army actions,' says solicitor over Ballymurphy compensation

PM urged to travel to Northern Ireland to meet Ballymurphy families

Anger as Ballymurphy families say PM's written apology means 'nothing'

'Nobody seemed to care that this young priest’s life had been taken away'

Ballymurphy inquest hears UVF sniper 'active' at time of killings

Families hopeful as inquest into Ballymurphy Massacre gets under way