Posts Tagged ‘Northern Ireland’

Criminal investigation into Bloody Sunday killings announced Comments 0

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
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Authorities in Northern Ireland have announced plans for a criminal investigation into the killing of 13 civilians by British troops on “Bloody Sunday” in 1972. An earlier investigation, the Savile inquiry, concluded that soldiers of the Parachute Regiment had opened fire on unarmed Catholic demonstrators in the town of Derry without provocation. To date no Read more

Queen visits Catholic church in Northern Ireland Comments 0

Friday, June 29th, 2012

The Queen’s trip to Enniskillen in Fermanagh has seen her make a groundbreaking first visit to a Catholic church in either Northern Ireland or the Republic. She made the short walk across the street from the Anglican Cathedral’s deanery, where she privately met seven survivors of the Enniskillen bombing, to St Michael’s, filled with local Read more

Senior Orangemen call for Catholic Mass ban to be scrapped Comments 0

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

A number of senior Orangemen have called for the rule forbidding attendance at Catholic services to be either clarified or scrapped.

 

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