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Lt. General Sir Harry Tuzo and Lord Carrington

GOC Tuzo’s Christmas Message and McGurk’s Bar

What did the head of the British Army in the north, Harry Tuzo, know about the McGurk’s Bar Massacre? Lieutenant General Sir Harry Tuzo was General Officer Commanding (GOC) the British Army at the time of the atrocity, having begun his distinguished military career before World War 2. This is what we know he knew […]

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McGurk's Bar Massacre and General Sir Frank Kitson

New Website – New Evidence to Come – 50th Anniversary

The families of McGurk Bar Massacre have launched this new website in time for the 50th anniversary of the atrocity. The new website commemorates the fifteen civilians murdered in the no-warning Loyalist attack on McGurk’s Bar, those who survived, and their families who have waged a tireless Campaign for Truth over half a century. In

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McGurk's Bar Protest v Office of the Police Ombudsman

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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McGurk's Bar Massacre and General Sir Frank Kitson

MoD Withholding Evidence of British Army Witness

Press Release: The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is withholding evidence of a British Army witness on the night of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been forced to admit that it does indeed know the name and rank of a British soldier involved in a covert British military “ambush”

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Artist Sinéad Ó'Neill-Nicholl Never the Same McGurk's Bar

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,

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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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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

MoD Withholding Evidence of Covert British Army Operation

The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is withholding critical evidence regarding a covert British Military operation in the vicinity of McGurk’s Bar. The MoD has failed to provide any further information relating to the discovery of a covert British Military operation close to McGurk’s Bar on the night of the explosion which claimed the lives

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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

McGurk’s Bar: Request for Immediate Investigation by British Cabinet Secretary

Families of the McGurk’s Bar victims have raised a complaint and requested an immediate investigation by British Cabinet Secretary, Simon Case. The families have uncovered a high-level, coordinated and sustained Security Force and Civil Service plot to deceive the two Parliaments of Britain and Northern Ireland about the true circumstances of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre

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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

McGurk’s Bar Families Challenge Chief Constable to Prove IRA Lies

The families of the 15 victims killed in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre have challenged Chief Constable Simon Byrne to prove police lies in an RUC Special Branch briefing to Stormont officials. Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Chief Constable Graham Shillington and Assistant Chief Constable David Johnston, the Head of RUC Special Branch briefed the Northern Ireland

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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

Post-Script: Massacre Families Launch Report with New Evidence

The campaigning McGurk’s Bar families are launching a report on Thursday (8th October 2020) called The McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Post-Script. Post-Script features new evidence discovered by family researcher Ciaran MacAirt – new evidence either missed or buried by historical investigations of the Office of the Police Ombudsman and Police Service Northern Ireland. What: NEW Report:

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