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.

THE visit of Queen Elizabeth will be the “conclusion of centuries of divisions” according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who has urged the British prime minister to release intelligence files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974.

It is only a matter of time before dissident republicans responsible for a string of bomb attacks claim another victim, a senior police officer in the North warned today.

AS the media were reporting here on the finding of the Saville Inquiry into the events in Derry on Bloody Sunday in January 1972, I was in the American Military Cemetery in Luxembourg, where 5,075 American soldiers and one American nurse were buried. All were victims of the Second World War.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has said the findings of the inquiry into the deaths of 14 people on Bloody Sunday had vindicated the victims and would help heal the wounds of that “immense tragedy”.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin today welcomed the findings of the Saville inquiry exonerating the victims of Bloody Sunday.

Fourteen civilians killed on Bloody Sunday died as a result of "unjustifiable firing" by British soldiers, the long-awaited Saville Inquiry found today.

Families of the Bloody Sunday dead hope today their epic campaign to clear the names of their loved ones will finally end with the release of the long-awaited Saville Report.

The Sinn Féin Ard Comhairle is meeting in Dublin this afternoon.

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”.

A report into the Bloody Sunday killings must be published without delay, the annual commemoration march heard today.

The British Government's Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward has agreed to meet relatives of the Bloody Sunday victims to discuss the latest delay in the final report from the Saville Inquiry.

A new delay has been announced in the publication of the findings into the £200m (€222m) Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

Virtual reality computer technology will be used to investigate allegations that police in the North failed to protect a Catholic man beaten to death in a sectarian attack, it was revealed today.

An independent and international truth commission is the best way to deal with the North's bloody past, Gerry Adams said today.

IT HAS gone on 10 years, cost €250 million to date and raked up decades of painful history but a book now claims Sinn Féin never wanted a new Bloody Sunday inquiry in the first place.

THE Bloody Sunday atrocity in Derry in 1972 has spawned more songs, films and poems than any other atrocity of the Troubles, a new book claims.

The political progress that has been made in the North could be undone by raking over its bloody past, a former senator has warned.

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

The leader of the Official IRA on Bloody Sunday has pulled out of giving evidence to the Saville Inquiry because of illness.

THE Bloody Sunday inquiry was urged yesterday to determine the extent of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath’s responsibility for the deaths of the 13 people shot dead by troops at the civil rights march in Derry over 30 years ago.

The British Army’s failure to divulge its plans for an arrest operation to the Bloody Sunday march organisers contributed to the shooting by paratroopers of 27 civilians, 13 of whom died, the Saville Inquiry today heard.

It is absurd for Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy to talk about the conditions which allowed a truth and reconciliation commission to operate in South Africa when his government denies rights at home, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams claimed today.

A debate must begin over whether amnesties should be offered in a truth and reconciliation process in Northern Ireland to those involved in murders during the Troubles, the British government was told today.

THE British Government embarked yesterday on a search for ways to help the North face up to its past.

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

Northern Ireland's top policeman has criticised the judges there for being “lenient” on terrorists and criminals.

Sinn Féin chief Martin McGuinness was accused today of lying to the Saville Inquiry when he claimed he sought permission from a family to give the whereabouts of an IRA safe house 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 Real IRA prisoner serving 18 years for possession of arms was released from jail today to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry in Derry.

Two journalists are expected to defend their right to protect their sources when recalled to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today.

A FORMER IRA man yesterday denied claims that he fired a revolver in the Bogside area of Derry during the early stages of Bloody Sunday

A former member of the Official IRA has admitted that he lied about his role in the organisation in his original statement to the Saville Inquiry.

A former IRA man giving evidence at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry today dramatically waived his right to anonymity.

A full judicial inquiry, complete with the co-operation of the British government, is the only way the real truth will be revealed behind the 1974 terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, campaigners said today.

A self-confessed IRA explosives officer threatened to kill his pregnant sister after Bloody Sunday because she was married to a soldier, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

THE extended families of those killed on Bloody Sunday are still suffering significant psychological distress, a new study revealed yesterday.

A former IRA man convicted of bombing Derry’s town hall returned to the same building today to give evidence about his activities on Bloody Sunday.

A former Official IRA man has collapsed while giving evidence to the Saville Inquiry in Derry.

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 has been accompanied by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams as he arrived at the Guildhall in Derry for day two of his evidence at the Bloody Sunday inquiry.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness will face rigorous questioning about his role on Bloody Sunday when he testifies before the Saville Inquiry today.

Sunday Times Northern Ireland Editor Liam Clarke will be the first person to give evidence as the Bloody Sunday Inquiry returns to Derry’s Guildhall today.