Government says thoughts are with Bloody Sunday families on 'difficult and emotional day'

The Irish Government has said its thoughts "are with the families of those who were killed and injured" by the Bloody Sunday shootings after just one of 16 soldiers were told they face criminal charges over what happened.

In a deeply controversial decision this morning, the UK's Public Prosecution Service said a soldier given the identity soldier F would be charged for the 1972 killings of 14 unarmed civilians during a civil rights protest in Derry.