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Ben Wallace is in denial about murder
Britain’s defence secretary Ben Wallace is leading attempts by the Conservative government to force a path to amnesty for military veterans of the Troubles. His plan would deny scores of bereaved...
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‘Comfortable in his coffin’
A coroner in Northern Ireland has criticised the Ministry of Defence for failing to change the 1970s military ‘Rules of Engagement’ on firing plastic bullets – despite repeated advice to do so from...
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‘Lodged in skulls’: The army’s deadly plastic bullets scandal
Sixteen people were killed by rubber or plastic bullets during the Troubles (a seventeenth was killed by a fall after being hit by a bullet). Some victims had been involved in street disorder but...
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Waterboarded by the British army
The Belfast High Court has awarded over £1.3m in compensation to a man who, at the age of 18, was “waterboarded” by British military personnel into falsely confessing he had murdered a soldier –...
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King Charles: Patron of a disgraced regiment
As some people across Britain celebrate the accession of King Charles III – complete with a carefully-crafted image – his status as Colonel-in-Chief of the British army’s Parachute Regiment is not...
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Changing the law to avoid paying compensation
The UK government is trying to insert a new clause into its highly controversial “Legacy Bill” on Northern Ireland which would remove the right to compensation for people illegally interned in the...
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The general who terrorised the colonies
“Controversial” was the euphemism most commonly used in obituaries describing the life and legacy of General Sir Frank Kitson – the most highly decorated British soldier of his generation who died,...
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Johnny Mercer’s Legacy: Denying Victims Justice in Ireland
The British government’s new legacy law means the vindication of two elderly women who left court in Belfast this week could be the last in a long and inglorious line. Marie Newton and Mary Loughrey...
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Stakeknife: Britain’s spy in Ireland who got away with murder
Over decades of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, a near sacred mystique grew up around the intelligence services. Spoken of in reverential tones, largely unaccountable and unscrutinised, they were...
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Who bombed Dublin? The 50 year cover up must end
Fifty years ago today, four car bombs exploded in Dublin and the Irish border town of Monaghan. They took 34 lives, including an unborn baby. It was the greatest loss of life in any single day of the...
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