Gardaí were ordered by a former Taoiseach not to cooperate with an investigation into the IRA killing of 18 British soldiers because of paratroopers’ involvement in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry, it was claimed tonight.

A KEYNOTE address by Queen Elizabeth at Dublin Castle this evening promises to be one of the highlights of her four-day visit to Ireland.

The report into the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry is not likely to be published for at least another year, it emerged tonight.

FORMER Irish MEP and singer Dana Scallon last night launched a book of her life story during a glittering reception hosted by Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley.

The British government tonight faced demands to agree a £200m (€296m) redundancy package for Royal Irish Regiment soldiers.

A six-year inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings has finally proved none of those killed were armed, it was claimed today.

A hoaxer who spread panic in the bomb-ravaged town of Omagh was captured by voice experts, it was disclosed today.

The Bloody Sunday shootings would not have happened if the Parachute Regiment had not been deployed in Derry, a soldier claimed today.

Up to 50 rifles were gathered from soldiers in a handcart after the Bloody Sunday shootings, it was claimed today.

Devastating findings of RUC and British army collusion with loyalist killers in Northern Ireland were delayed to avoid uproar at Westminster, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams claimed tonight.

A public inquiry into Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder could be a major let-down, it was claimed today.

Martin McGuinness’s appearance in the witness box in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry will be in the autumn at the earliest, the Sinn Fein MP said tonight.

Former British Prime Minister Ted Heath today bluntly denied that the Bloody Sunday killings were planned and covered up by the British government.

The purpose of a military investigation into the Bloody Sunday shootings was not to ascertain if shots were justifiably fired, a hearing heard today.

The march to commemorate the Bloody Sunday shootings has begun with thousands of people gathering in Derry to retrace the route of the march that ended in the Bloody Sunday shootings 30 years ago.

A retired taxi driver has told the Saville inquiry about seeing IRA weapons being moved out of the Bogside area of Derry just before the march that sparked off the Bloody Sunday shootings.

The Saville inquiry into the Bloody Sunday shootings will cost £150m, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble claimed last night.

A bid by hardline Unionists to have a motion of no confidence in Sinn Fein Minister, Martin McGuinness, passed has failed.

The Saville Inquiry today heard claims that members of the Official and Provisional branches of the IRA argued when Officials produced guns in Derry’s Bogside in the aftermath of the Bloody Sunday shootings.