IRA fired in breach of orders, Bloody Sunday inquiry told

Both the Provisional IRA and Official IRA gave orders to their members not to fire any shots on Bloody Sunday, but some did, a distinguished journalist who carried out a major investigation of the killings 30 years ago told the Saville Inquiry today.

Peter Pringle, who was a member of the Sunday Times Insight team which carried out their own probe in the aftermath of the killing by Paratroopers of 13 civilians on the civil rights march on January 30 1972, said his team had spoken to both wings of the IRA about their involvement on that day.