Investigator not ‘exercised’ over documentary, covert surveillance tribunal told
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is examining claims that two journalists were subject to unlawful covert intelligence by the police.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal is examining claims that two journalists were subject to unlawful covert intelligence by the police.
Secretary of State Hilary Benn had not acceded to a public inquiry request into the deaths of Kevin and Jack McKearney and Charles and Teresa Fox.
The city has experienced scenes of disorder after anti-immigration protests.
No-one has ever been convicted over the bombings, but the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility in 1993.
A ceremony marking is taking place in Dublin to mark the 50th anniversary of the attacks on May 17 1974.
Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of the bombings which resulted in the greatest loss of life on any single day of the Troubles.
John Moran was 19 when he died from injuries received in a car bomb at Kelly’s Bar on the Springfield Road in 1972.
A coroner said that he had been ‘prevented’ from delivering a summary of intelligence information around the deaths of four people killed in 1992.
The inquest into the McKearney and Fox killings began last January after a lengthy campaign by the families.
Eleven Protestant workmen were lined up on the roadside and shot in a hail of bullets, with only one surviving.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has heard claims that film makers Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were subject to unlawful state monitoring.
Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were controversially arrested in 2018.
Film makers Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who were controversially arrested in 2018, have taken a case to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
International Fund for Ireland chairman Paddy Harte said it is key to allow the benefits of the peace process to reach every area of society.
Derek Byrne was pronounced dead at the age of 14 in 1974 but woke up three hours later in a morgue.