There’s quiet diplomacy and megaphone diplomacy.

Relatives of the victims of Bloody Sunday are divided over plans for a march to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the event in Derry.

THE ASSOCIATION of Catholic Priests (ACP) has said the Vatican “won’t take too kindly” to calls from the former Bishop of Derry to end clerical celibacy.

Families of 11 people killed by the British Army six months before Bloody Sunday will meet the Northern Ireland Secretary, it was revealed today.

Families bereaved in the British Army killings on Bloody Sunday today repeated calls for the publication of the inquiry into the affair, as new plans for its eventual release were announced.

Brian O’Driscoll insists Ireland must never feel indifferent towards the Triple Crown even though they litter the champions’ recent past.

The North's would-be Justice Minister pledged today to meet families of those bereaved at Bloody Sunday to explain why he called the inquiry into the killings “pointless”.

Bloody Sunday gunshot victim Michael Bradley died suddenly today.

Cowboys and Indians have been there. So too have archers and boxers. As soccer and rugby struggle for a run out in Croke Park, Colm O’Connor discovers that the stadium has been a generous host to many in the past.

Soldiers probably shot 24 of the 27 civilians on Bloody Sunday, their legal representative admitted today.

The British government embarked today on a consultation on how Northern Ireland should face up to its violent past.

A witness has told the Saville Inquiry how he saw a female friend injured by a rubber bullet fired by British soldiers on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

A man described today how he heard a shot from an Official IRA gunman before he heard British army fire in the Bogside on Bloody Sunday.

A secret document compiled by the RUC Special Branch claimed that former SDLP leader John Hume and three colleagues worked as agents of the Irish Government at the time of Bloody Sunday.

A former Provo today described how he saw a soldier fire twice, possibly hitting a young man in the stomach on Bloody Sunday.

Former Stormont MP and peace activist Ivan Cooper will be the 900th witness to appear before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry when he gives evidence on Monday.

A former member of the Royal Navy who joined the IRA today conceded he could have fired a shot at the Army before his gun jammed on Bloody Sunday.

Three former IRA men who have agreed to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal were granted anonymity today.

MARTIN McGuinness is no daw. But he was taken aback by a quick witted reporter on UTV’s Assembly election special last Thursday who asked (a la JFK) not when he had left the IRA, but why?

A former member of the Official IRA has told the Saville Inquiry that the republican movement was effectively incapable of launching an attack on British soldiers in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

Two more Official IRA members are preparing to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Tribunal, it emerged tonight.

The Saville Inquiry has warned Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness that he could face contempt of court charges for refusing to name people who were members of the Provisional IRA on Bloody Sunday.

Martin McGuinness ordered IRA men not to attack British troops during the civil rights march that led to Bloody Sunday, he claimed today.

A former IRA man who claimed Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was involved in supplying detonators for nail bombs on Bloody Sunday today named the top Provisionals in Derry at the time.

A document compiled by the British army’s most senior officer detailing shots fired by soldiers on Bloody Sunday did not explain how 13 unarmed civilians were killed, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

The head of the British army, General Sir Mike Jackson was returning to the Saville Inquiry today to give evidence about documents he wrote on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who claimed he was prepared to shoot Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness before Bloody Sunday, today admitted recurrent nightmares may have become more real to him than actual events.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was expected today to deny claims that he was preparing an attack in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who claims to have fired 19 shots at a sniper in a bathroom window on Bloody Sunday is expected to give evidence to the Saville Tribunal today.

A former British paratrooper tonight faced allegations of murdering up to four people on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who admitted killing three people on Bloody Sunday told the Saville Inquiry today he was only doing his job.

A former paratrooper today denied being involved in a conspiracy to cover up the murder of innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper whose rifle fired the shot which killed a teenager on Bloody Sunday, is expected to give evidence at the Saville Inquiry today.

A former member of the Provisional IRA has reportedly agreed to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry investigating the killing of 13 Catholic civil rights marchers by British soldiers in Derry in 1972.

A former British soldier has told the Saville Inquiry in London that he heard a colleague open fire on Bloody Sunday in Derry without issuing a warning.

A former soldier who refused to give evidence about Bloody Sunday is to be reported to the British High Court for contempt of the inquiry, it emerged today.

British army chiefs lost control in Derry on Bloody Sunday, a former paratrooper claimed today.

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

The commander of the British army unit which fired more than 100 shots on Bloody Sunday today claimed his men did the best they could under the circumstances.

The widow of a man shot dead on Bloody Sunday walked out of the Saville Inquiry today in protest at measures put in place to protect the identity of a witness.

The British army has known all along that Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness did not open fire on soldiers on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

A former paratrooper today dismissed suggestions he shot a woman on Bloody Sunday.

A paratrooper should have been jailed for his actions on Bloody Sunday, a sergeant major claimed today.