A lopsided view of the Troubles

Perhaps the arrest of Gerry Adams in relation to the killing of Jean McConville should highlight the lopsided version of the Troubles as depicted in the mainstream media.

In August 1971, British paratroopers went into Ballymurphy, Belfast, and killed 11 people dead. One was a mother of eight children, yet virtually no one knows her name. Within six months members of the same British army went into Derry on Bloody Sunday and killed 14 people. My guess is that very few people reading this letter can name any of those killed in those events. And I wonder why?

Seán Brosnan

Baile na Buaile

Dingle

Co Kerry