TG4 to Air Ar Lorg Na Fírinne – Game of Truth
TG4 is to air the Irish language documentary, Ar Lorg ns Fírinne, featuring a number of compelling stories from the conflict including the McGurk’s Bar campaign
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Ar Lorg Na Fírinne – Game of Truth
The Docs Ireland festival is hosting the international documentary, Game of Truth – Ar Lorg Na Fírinne. Written and directed by acclaimed auteur, Fabienne Lips-Dumas, Game of Truth features families searching for truth (Ar Lorg Na Fírinne) about the death of their loved ones during the conflict in Ireland and Britain. The story of the …
McGurk’s Bar Families Protest the Office of the Police Ombudsman
Families of those killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre protested the Office of the Police Ombudsman (OPONI) on 18th August 2021. The McGurk’s Bar families protested to highlight Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson’s: Failure to complete a timely and effective investigation of the families’ complaint against currently serving police officers of the Police Service …
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Never the Same
Artist Sinéad O’Neill-Nicholl will be talking about her new project, Never the Same, during Imagine! Belfast Festival. Never the Same is a project that Sinéad is developing with the families of those who were killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar bombing of 4th December 1971. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the atrocity, …
Legal Proceedings against the Office of the Police Ombudsman
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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International Day for the Right to the Truth
Protests and commemorations on the International Day for the Right to the Truth. The Time for Truth Committee, made up of a group of victims’ families from some of the key legacy campaigns, is organising a series of protests across the country between 2pm – 3pm on Saturday 24th March to remember victims of the conflict …
Time For Truth Committee: Thank You
Thank you from the Time for Truth Committee. The families who organised the Time for Truth March in Belfast on February 25 would like to thank the thousands of people who marched with us demanding truth and those who sent messages of support, such as highly respected human rights barrister, Mike Mansfield. We would particularly like …
Time For Truth – McGurk’s Bar
McGurk’s Bar families were proud to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with friends and families – Time For Truth! McGurk’s Bar activist, Ciarán MacAirt, addressed the Time For Truth March on Sunday 25th February 2018. My name is Ciarán MacAirt and I am the grandson of John and Kathleen Irvine. Kathleen was one of 15 innocent civilians murdered …
Time For Truth March
Family campaign groups are calling on you to join them on the Time for Truth march, on Sunday 25th February to Belfast city hall. McGurk’s Bar, Loughinisland, Ballymurphy, Springhill, New Lodge 6, and Kelly’s Bar families have joined together to launch news of the march, Time For Truth. John Kelly from the ‘Bloody Sunday’ campaign will …
Time For Truth – Walk With Us
My name is Ciarán MacAirt. This is my story. Now is the Time for Truth. On the 4th of December 1971 my grandmother, Kitty Irvine, was murdered in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. A bomb exploded in McGurk’s Bar in the New Lodge, killing fifteen civilians. Two of the dead were children as the McGurk family …