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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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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

Outrage as Massacre evidence is withheld

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Outrage as McGurk’s Bar Massacre evidence is withheld. Families of those killed and injured in Belfast’s most murderous bombing during the conflict have expressed outrage at the latest decision to withhold new evidence relating to the massacre even though the British authorities considered that it would “assist” the families in their continuing campaign for truth.

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General Sir Frank Kitson and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

ICO Accepts MOD Excuses for “Missing” Massacre Files

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Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Accepts British Ministry of Defence Excuses for “Missing” Massacre Files The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has accepted the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) excuses for the disappearance of British Army logs covering the hours after the McGurk’s Bar Massacre. “Ghost” copies of the logs proved that previously undisclosed British Army units had

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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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