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McGurk's Bar Protest v Office of the Police Ombudsman

Office of the Police Ombudsman Withholding Police Collusion Evidence

The Office of the Police Ombudsman has admitted that it is withholding evidence from our families. The evidence regards proof of collusion between General Sir Frank Kitson (retired) and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and the provenance of RUC lies – but the Office of the Police Ombudsman withheld this evidence from its 2011 report …

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Doug Beattie UUP and Brian Faulkner

Doug Beattie and UUP Silent on McGurk’s Bar Cover-Up

Doug Beattie and the Ulster Unionist Party remain silent on the McGurk’s Bar cover-up. Commemoration is difficult and we have a year of difficult 50th-anniversary commemorations ahead for thousands of families this year. Many organisations and people, including former combatants have much to consider too – be they people who served in uniform or otherwise. …

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The British Media, BBC and the McGurk's Bar Massacre

BBC Blackout on 50th Anniversary of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre?

Family campaigners on legacy cases in the north of Ireland learn not to be precious about BBC media coverage, especially when the British state is involved in the murders and subsequent cover-ups. On any other occasion, there are many reasons why a media outlet will not cover a story. In the fast-moving environment of the …

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Black Propaganda and the Northern Ireland Prime Minister

Two days after the McGurk’s Bar Massacre, the Northern Ireland Prime Minister, Brian Faulkner, flew to meet with Reginald Maudling, British Home Secretary, for crunch talks on security. The notes of the meeting, discovered by Pat Finucane Centre at Kew National Archives, show in stark terms how the cover-up went right to the top of …

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McGurk's Bar Families Protest Policing Board

Chief Constable Leaves McGurk’s Bar Families ‘Out in the Cold’

The families of the McGurk’s Bar Massacre are gravely disappointed that Chief Constable Simon Byrne chose not to meet them at the Policing Board (Thursday 2nd December). The families were there two days before the 50th anniversary of the atrocity to protest the Police Service Northern Ireland’s withholding of evidence relating to collusion between the …

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McGurk's Bar Families Protest Policing Board

Policing Board Protest Before 50th Anniversary of the Atrocity

Families of the 15 civilians murdered in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre are protesting the Northern Ireland Policing Board on Thursday 2nd December, two days before the 50th anniversary of the atrocity. The families are protesting the Police Service Northern Ireland’s withholding of evidence relating to collusion between the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army in …

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McGurk's Bar Massacre and General Sir Frank Kitson

Fusiliers Intelligence at Odds with McGurk’s Bar Lies

New evidence from secret British military archives proves that the Fusiliers regiment which helped dig for survivors in the rubble of McGurk’s Bar, reported intelligence within minutes of the explosion to its Headquarters at odds with the subsequent lies spun by the British armed forces. At 2128 hours (9:28pm), around 42 minutes after the Ulster …

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Cabinet Office, London

Cabinet Office Complaint To Parliamentary Ombudsman

The McGurk’s Bar Massacre families have been forced to make a complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman against the British Cabinet Office just days before the 50th anniversary of the atrocity. As far as the families are aware, this is the first complaint of its kind to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman …

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