Theresa May defended the independence of prosecutors considering charging 18 British soldiers over involvement in the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry.

Detectives in the North investigating former British Army soldiers who were involved in the Bloody Sunday shootings have sent a report to prosecutors.

Bishop of Derry Edward Daly has died a hero after he raised a blood-soaked handkerchief and guided a dying teenager through British army gunfire on Bloody Sunday, a grateful relative said.

Retired bishop of Derry Edward Daly was a peacemaker during some of the darkest days of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

The British army shooting of a father of six after the van he was driving backfired outside a police station in the North was not necessary, reasonable or proportionate, a coroner has ruled.

A former British soldier is being questioned by detectives investigating the deaths of three civil rights demonstrators in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

A father and his young son cheated death in the Shoreham air disaster only because wedding limousine driver Maurice Abrahams let their car go ahead of his.

The media reports about the visit to Ireland of Charles and Camilla are hard to stomach.

Gerry Adams has said he raised the cases of the families affected by the Bloody Sunday killings and the Dublin and Monaghan bombings with Prince Charles in a private meeting today.

What extraordinary times we live in. On April 24, the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1916 Rising, Michael D Higgins, the President of the Irish Republic, who occupies his office as a direct result of that pivotal event in our history, was busy in far off Turkey remembering members of the British army — the sworn enemies of those who fought for Irish freedom.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams hopes that the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to Ireland next month will "promote reconciliation".

Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims could take the chief constable to court over proposals to scale back the police investigation, their solicitor has said.

Patrick Stewart will also read an original D-Day news report as part of the 70th anniverary commemorations.

The British Government has rejected a call for an independent re-examination of a British Army operation that left 11 people dead in west Belfast more than 40 years ago.

By Deric Henderson, Press Association Ireland Editor

I must admit to having been unaware of the upcoming charity fundraising event at the K Club to raise funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation, a most worthy cause, until I read the letter from Peter Mulvany (Irish Examiner, Sept 14).

The Olympic torch received a rapturous reception from thousands of well-wishers who rose early to mark its arrival in the Games’ host city of London today.

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has said any inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings should include the role of Martin McGuinness.

The British government has told the families of 11 people killed by British troops in the case known as the Ballymurphy Massacre that there will be no independent investigation of the deaths.

Appointing a woman once dubbed Britain's "most wanted" IRA suspect to a new forum for victims in the North was necessary to reflect the varied experiences from decades of conflict, it has been claimed.

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.

The showbusiness world was today celebrating the life of comic “legend” Frank Carson following his death at the age of 85.

To maintain the integrity of the British royal honours system Freddie Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been relieved of his knighthood by order of Queen Elizabeth II.

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.

BEING saddled with the slogan “West Brits Out” was not the best start to Martin McGuinness’s presidential push.

Four New York Times journalists, including a Briton, have been reported missing while covering the fighting in Libya.

New eyewitness accounts of the shootings of 11 people by British soldiers in the North were submitted to the region‘s Attorney General today in a bid to get fresh inquests opened.

The Bloody Sunday inquiry which cost nearly £200m (€227.7m) could not have been done "on the cheap", its author, Mark Saville, said today.

A British aid worker being held hostage in Afghanistan was killed by captors during an attempt to rescue her, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said today.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams clashed with Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson after he wore a wristband supporting the Army at a meeting with families bereaved by British troops, it emerged today.

The families of 11 people shot dead by the Parachute Regiment in west Belfast are to meet Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson later.

IN response to JJ McGrath (Letters, June 29), I do not object to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visiting Ireland. In fact I believe that to normalise relations between these two neighbours, it is imperative that she visits.

BY any standards, what the Saville report said about the role of the British army in Derry on Bloody Sunday beggars belief.

Prosecutors were today urged to consider bringing charges against soldiers accused of lying to Mark Saville's inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings.

BRITAIN held its hands up yesterday to the killing of 14 civilians shot by soldiers from the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday.

The victims of Bloody Sunday were innocent and their names have been cleared, a relative said today.

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 today entered Londonderry's Guildhall to read the Saville report they hope will exonerate their loved ones.

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 inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings has been a “disaster in terms of time and expense”, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said yesterday.

The long-awaited report into the British army killings on Bloody Sunday may not be released until after the general election, the British government confirmed today.

Families of Bloody Sunday victims tonight welcomed the announcement that the long-awaited report into the killings would not be handed to the Government before undergoing legal checks.

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