Edward Daly
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Photographing the Troubles: ‘like being a war correspondent in your home town’
- Irish News
- October 30, 2019, 18:19
There was no boasting at the launch of a new book about photographing the Troubles, Shooting the Darkness, just an ineffable sadness about the horror (...)
‘I was hoping they wouldn’t shoot us when they saw the cameraman’
- Irish News
- March 14, 2019, 00:01
As Jackie Duddy (1) lay dying on Bloody Sunday, Hugh McMonagle (2) spotted a cameraman. “I ran down to him and said, ‘if you’re looking for a great st(...)
Martin McGuinness ‘threatened to hold IRA man’s body hostage’
- Irish News
- December 29, 2017, 13:00
Martin McGuinness threatened to hold a dead IRA man’s body for a week amid tensions over paramilitary shows of strength at funerals, state papers have(...)
Sinn Fein denies Gerry Adams ‘set up’ IRA Loughgall ambush
- Irish News
- December 29, 2017, 00:01
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was rumoured to have set up a notorious IRA gang for ambush by the SAS as they tried to blow up a police station in Ma(...)
McGuinness funeral to take place at scene of IRA-church clash
- Politics
- March 23, 2017, 01:00
St Columba’s Church in Derry, where the funeral of Martin McGuinness is to take place on Thursday, was the scene exactly 30 years ago this week of one(...)
Widow of human bomb man wanted to question Martin McGuinness
- Irish News
- March 22, 2017, 19:47
The widow of Patsy Gillespie, who died after he was strapped into a car and forced to drive an IRA car bomb into a British Army checkpoint, has said (...)
North abuse inquiry: ‘The crying would break your heart’
- Crime & Law
- January 20, 2017, 09:04
Some witnesses to the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry said they were treated like child convicts. Others claimed they were forced to eat(...)
Walk for the weekend: Take a tour of the two Derrys
- Travel
- November 23, 2016, 11:50
“You may be wondering if you’re going to hear the two sides of the story, well not really. Others can tell their story and I’ll respect it, but here’(...)
In a word ... matrimony
- Culture
- September 24, 2016, 00:00
“I’ve no wish to hurry you, luv. But have you seen the time? It’s quarter to 10 and we’re supposed to be there. At 9 . . .” I always liked those early(...)
Dr Edward Daly: The Bogside priest who didn’t want to rock the boat
- Opinion
- August 13, 2016, 00:03
In the aftermath of the death of the former Catholic Bishop of Derry, Edward Daly, much has been rightly made of his devotion to pastoral work, his de(...)



