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Attorney General Orders New Inquest into the RUC Murder of Donegal Civilian, Michael Leonard In a landmark decision, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a new inquest into the police murder of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard in 1973. The Attorney General’s decision was given to Michael’s family on the day before Britain’s Legacy […]
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The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).
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Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974
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Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974
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The Office of the Police Ombudsman to Investigate Murder of Civilian, Jim Murphy, although it will not commence until April 2027 due to lack of resources.
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The Killer King's Regiment of the British Army. Paper Trail investigates the Killer Kings who left a trail of devastation in their wake when they left West Belfast at the end of the terrible summer of '72. A few weeks after Stormont collapsed in March 1972, the North of Ireland erupted in a spasm of […]
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Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974
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The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).
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Tony Campbell remembers his sister Martha on the 50th anniversary of her murder by the Killer Kings Regiment of the British Army.
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The Office of the Police Ombudsman to Investigate Murder of Civilian, Jim Murphy, although it will not commence until April 2027 due to lack of resources.
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Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974
The post British Soldiers, British Agents and the UDA’s Romper Rooms first appeared on Paper Trail (Legacy Archive Research).
The Office of the Police Ombudsman to Investigate Murder of Civilian, Jim Murphy, although it will not commence until April 2027 due to lack of resources.
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Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974
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Renowned human rights group, Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC) has recognised the work of Paper Trail in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day.
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The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).
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The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).
The post Family of RUC Murder Victim Michael Leonard Meet Tánaiste first appeared on Paper Trail (Legacy Archive Research).
The 3rd - 4th February this year marks the 50th anniversary of the New Lodge Six Massacre by 1st Battalion Queen's Regiment of the British Army.
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The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).
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Read the British Army files relating to the Battle of St. Matthews in June 1971, a weekend of misery and mayhem many consider a turning point in the conflict.
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Bloody Friday - one of the most devastating days during the conflict. Victims and survivors can read the new evidence we discovered here.
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In memory of Francis Arthurs, abducted and murdered 50 years ago.
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Paper Trail has discovered new evidence which proves that the RUC deliberately targeted and killed Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard in 1973.
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Bloody Friday - one of the most devastating days during the conflict. Victims and survivors can read the new evidence we discovered here.
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Tony Campbell remembers his sister Martha on the 50th anniversary of her murder by the Killer Kings Regiment of the British Army.
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On the 50th anniversary of the murder of father of four, Robert McMullan, the family releases disturbing new evidence.
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The daughter of Patrick McVeigh, Patricia, writes about the murder of her father on the 50th anniversary, recounting the family's campaign.
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The daughter of Patrick McVeigh, Patricia, writes about the murder of her father on the 50th anniversary, recounting the family's campaign.
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A short article commemorating the McMahon Family Murders on the 100th anniversary of the alleged police atrocity.
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Read a secret British Military Intelligence file and logs on the murder of Billy Hanna
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Who were the Silent Defenders? Secret British military archives name them although all may not be what seems to be.
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Supreme Court confirms PSNI failings in case of murder of West Belfast woman Jean Smyth-Campbell, murdered by British Armed Forces in Ireland in 1972.
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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council voted to support the family of Michael Leonard who was murdered by the police in 1973.
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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council voted to support the family of Michael Leonard who was murdered by the police in 1973.
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The families of the Time for Truth Campaign mobilized for a National Day of Action against Britain's amnesty proposals.
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The killing of teenager Marian Brown is recorded as the prosaic "Mulhouse Shooting" in secret British Military archives. The mill on Mulhouse Street had been taken over by the British Army as barracks. Three other unarmed teenagers were also hit in the shooting including Thomas Corrigan, Marian's boyfriend, her sister and another local teenager. Their …
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Who tried to assassinate William Craig in October 1972?
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New Evidence: Operation Demetrius and Internment August 9th sees the 50th anniversary of the launch of Operation Demetrius, the British Army operation of mass arrest and internment without trial of Irish Catholics suspected by the British authorities of being involved in the Irish Republican Army. Most were not. If ever proof was needed that the …
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In this Paper Trail Pro Podcast, Ciarán MacAirt discovers some of Westminster's dirty secrets and asks was Gerry Fitt a Snake in the Grass?
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Bloody Friday - one of the most devastating days during the conflict. Victims and survivors can read some of the news articles we collected.
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Paper Trail is requesting contact with the family of Robert McMullan who was shot dead in New Barnsley on 13th May 1972.
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