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Last November a headstone was finally placed on Julia Morrissey’s grave in Athenry
Women, war and revolution – An Irishwoman’s Diary on Sarah Mellows and Julia Morrissey

Sarah Mellows was seriously struggling when she sent a letter to her priest, seeking a loan of “a few pounds for a month or so”. “Few are my friends (...)

Freddie Scappaticci: fled Northern Ireland for Britain in 2003, where he is today said to be still living. Photograph: Pacemaker
PSNI to investigate role of ‘Stakeknife’ in 40 IRA murders

Claims that a senior British army agent in Northern Ireland was linked to 40 murders while he was head of the IRA’s punishment unit are to be invest(...)

The British government has “washed its hands” of an obligation to oversee an inquiry into the shooting of an IRA man more than 40 years ago, the Northern Ireland High Court has heard. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
British ‘washed hands’ on Army shooting of IRA man, court told

The British government has “washed its hands” of an obligation to oversee an inquiry into the British Army shooting of an IRA man more than 40 years a(...)

Mary Heenan and son Eugene Heenan outside the ministry of defence in London with the writ naming senior former British army officer Frank Kitson and the ministry. Eugene “Patrick” Heenan was murdered in 1973. Photograph: Lauren Hurley/PA
Widow seeks damages relating to claims against British general Frank Kitson

Mary Heenan walked up to the steps of the ministry of defence in London, just yards from the Cenotaph, clutching a walking-stick and a few sheets of (...)