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Information Commissioner’s Office ICO Upholds Police Decision to Withhold Fingerprint Evidence

Information Commissioner Office (ICO) Supports PSNI Withholding Evidence. Press Release. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has upheld Police Service Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) refusal to release basic information relating to fingerprint evidence police gathered in the aftermath of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre in 1971. The families believe the police have either destroyed the evidence or it

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Gerard Keenan at the McGurk's Bar mural

Our Resistance to Forced Forgetting – Academic Study by Professor Laura McAtackney

A powerful academic study of our work by Professor Laura McAtackney is open to all from today. You now have open access to Professor McAtackney’s research paper: “Material Dissonances in the Post-Conflict City: Re-Presencing Social Injustice in Belfast, Northern Ireland”. Professor McAtackney has produced a compelling study on the power of memorialization and our campaign

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Attorney General Orders New Inquests for Massacre Victims

The Attorney General of Northern Ireland has ordered new inquests for victims of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. In a landmark decision, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered new inquests for victims of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. 15 civilians including 2 children were murdered in the no-warning Loyalist bomb attack on McGurk’s Bar on

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Information Watchdog Investigates Police Refusal

Information Commissioner Office Investigates Police Again. Press Release. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is investigating Police Service Northen Ireland’s refusal to hand over basic information relating to fingerprint evidence police gathered in the aftermath of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. The families believe the police have either destroyed the evidence or it relates to named Loyalist

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