Families demand swift action as Bloody Sunday murder trial is confirmed

IrelandNorth - taking a different tack regarding Mrs McConville though?

'Cold case' murders take longer to investigate than contemporary ones. And distance in time is a complicating factor. NB It's a reinvestigation - ie from scratch! Bloody Sunday, (Ireland's second such!), was Kent State massacre - on steroids! This is a struggle between democratic Britain and imperial Britain. Some of our more reactionaries are posting under new pseudonoms. Derry/Lundyderry journalist Eamon Mc Cann's "Bloody Sunday in Derry" is essential reading for this monumental British diplomatic faux pas. This and countless other tragedies was/is symptomatic of a greater malaise called British imperialism. Why treat of the symptoms alone. Let justice prevail even though the heavens may fall!

I find it disturbing that there is such a rapid response to releasing the Boston College tapes, yet there is such a dragging of feet concerning the Bloody Sundy tragedy.

maireadinmelb. Of course they`re gonna keep bringing Martin up in relation to Bloody Sunday. By his own admission he was in control of the RA in Derry at the time. Like someone else said, this is all political posturing. Robinson has to be seen by unionists (whose troops are in the firing line) to be doing something in reply. There are many other things the brits could nail Marty on, much easier than anything to do with Bloody Sunday. His old admission has been churned to death. Martins job now is to do as he is told by his paymasters. There will be no trials, there will be no convictions, there will be no unveiling of who gave the orders from their political position. In this Ireland of equals (lol) there are secrets that get drip fed to give the impression of exposure and disclosure. But the real saucey stuff is sacrement to the leaders from all sides.

You wait and see Dano!!

That's witnesses, not defendants!!

Will they be hidden behind curtains and not allowed to face the families of the dead?I feel another Diplock in the wind and it smells.

mcbride292 - The soldiers will presumably be the defendants...like in all common law trials, they have a right to remain silent...and it's a trial, so won't cost anything like the enquiry

This is a good idea if you can get the Brit sobs who lied in the first place to come forward. Where is another 300 million going to come from to pay for this?

I am not defending SF seamus - I am not in the habit of defending martin and gerry - but i am a republican! I also want to see equality for a long time. THe issue here is the bringing up of martin mcguiness every time bloody sunday comes up is to try and deflect from the conduct of the british military! No other people were murdered in Derry that day that we know of! So when they work out the persons who murdered those on bloody sunday and they have evidence of any other crimes then they can investigate them.

crestonave, Bravo!! "never a truer word was spoke"

Aloistmartin, I don't quite understand your comment in reply to mine. I have much resentment towards the British and what they have done to my countrymen/women. My 17 yr old brother-in-law was shot in the back by the RUC, seventeen bullets no less! he was literally 'cornered', with no chance of escape, why would they kill him? They had him there to arrest & handcuff and have him jailed for whatever he was doing that frightened them so much. I don't know who or what you are (Nationalitywise) but you have to admit the British have left a footprint wherever they have stumbled on 'untamed savages'....Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia. They are renowned for their brutality and disregard of the rights of the people they wanted to 'civilise'by creating British Colonies. I apologise if I have offended anyone!

maireadinmelb I agree that if there is evidence of a murder the suspect should be presented to a court. The reason Martin will be feeling the heat. What evidence is vailed behind his immunity certs. Why is his party now saying no one should go to prison , even these para`s if convicted, when we have Irish people in british prisons who have been found guilty of nothing. We have heard DEMANDS from the SDLP on the issue yet SF apply next to no pressure on their behalf. The split with the Bloody Sunday families was another failed smoke and mirrors exercise gone wrong for SF. They had believed they had manipulated all of the families to be chuffed and walking away happy at the end of Camerons speech. Thankfully a few seen right through the manipulation and announced their demand for prosecutions. They found themselves being ostracised by the Bloody Sunday committee which SF had controlled for years. They went against the grain and upheld their and the peoples right to continue to march for justice. SF were`nt happy and even started black propaganda against these families. Didn`t work and there was a brilliant response to the next march. SF went as far as asking where the people on the march got their mandate. lol

Beedee@ Dear Lord, those Squeaky British Wheels !

The law should apply to everyone equally, so investigation should proceed…followed by prosecutions where sufficient evidence is established.