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Information Rights Tribunal Judgement: Police Lies and the Protection of Agents

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In an historic legal win for the families, the Information Rights Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to disclose evidence in Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) files regarding the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. This followed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) battle that has lasted over four years for the origin of […]

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Boutcher and Shillington

Historic Legal Victory for Massacre Families: PSNI Fails to Prove Origin of Police Lies

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An Information Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) to hand over evidence in police files regarding the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. In a historic legal win for the families, the Information Rights Tribunal has ordered the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland to disclose evidence in Royal Ulster Constabulary

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Boutcher and Shillington

Attorney General Orders New Inquests for Massacre Victims

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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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McGurk's Bar Massacre - Kitson, Byrne and Shillington

PSNI-HET Report Was Another Cop Cover-Up

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Be in no doubt, the PSNI-HET report into the McGurk’s Bar Massacre was another attempted police cover-up. The families of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre re-issue our simple challenge to the Chief Constable of Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI), Simon Byrne, after a High Court judge ruled that the PSNI/Historical Enquiries Team report into the atrocity

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McGurk's Bar Massacre - Kitson, Byrne and Shillington

PSNI Incompetence or Collusion: Failure To Quash Irrational Report

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The Chief Constable’s failure to quash a PSNI-HET report into the atrocity which the High Court ruled was “irrational” is another insult to our families. I post this hours before a Judicial Review case against the Chief Constable and Police Service Northern Ireland that has lasted seven years – the families demanded that PSNI quashed

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Gerard Keenan at the McGurk's Bar mural

Massacre Orphan to Chief Constable: Quash “Irrational” Report

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Massacre Orphan Calls On Chief Constable To Quash “Irrational” HET Report Before Court A man whose parents were murdered in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre when he was a child has called on Chief Constable Simon Byrne to quash a failed and “irrational” report into the atrocity before a final court appearance on 16th June 2022.

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McGurk's Bar Massacre - Kitson, Byrne and Shillington

PSNI U-Turn on Kitson-RUC Collusion

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https://mcgurksbar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/McGurks-Bar-PSNI-U-Turn-Edit.mp3 Yet another PSNI U-turn should be a warning to families. Following the discovery of new evidence in British military files – and prior to a hearing of a seven-year-long Judicial Review beginning tomorrow – the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI) has admitted it is “not aware of holding details of a secret agreement… between

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Gerard Keenan McGurks Bar and the Office of the Police Ombudsman

Legal Proceedings against the Office of the Police Ombudsman

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Pree Release: McGurk’s Bar families begin legal proceedings against the Office of the Police Ombudsman. Families of those killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre have been forced to initiate legal proceedings against the Office of the Police Ombudsman for its: (1) Failure to complete a 2015 complaint regarding serious allegations against present policing

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