The bereaved families of 10 people shot dead by British soldiers have appealed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny to support their calls for an independent investigation.

Ruling out any more public inquiries like that into Bloody Sunday could shake the North's peace process to its foundations, an MP warned today.

Family representatives of 11 people killed by British soldiers in west Belfast almost 40 years ago will today meet with Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin.