Cowen: Findings will heal wounds

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”.

Flanked by Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, the Taoiseach said the findings of the Saville report meant that “the truth has been set free” and that there was now no doubt that the victims of Bloody Sunday had been innocent people.

Paying tribute to the families and friends of those who died, he said: “Today is a day of vindication for them.