TDs hold minute’s silence to mark Bloody Sunday anniversary 

Politicians in the Dáil, sitting side-by-side as restrictions on numbers in the chamber were lifted, stood silently to mark the events in Derry 50 years ago

Leinster House, Dublin. File Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

TDs stood silently in the Dáil on Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Representatives heard that the events of Bloody Sunday were a “major tragedy” in the history of the island of Ireland.