A British lord, a Derry republican and some unfinished business

RECENTLY we saw the appearance of Martin McGuinness before the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2003 - 00:00

He has already admitted to being second in command of the Provisional IRA in Derry on January 30, 1972, when British paratroopers shot and killed 14 civil rights demonstrators.

Since the inquiry began, there has been a disproportionate focus on McGuinness and the role of the Provisional IRA on Bloody Sunday a lot more interest than has been given to the actions of the soldiers who, as we all know, shot and killed 14 unarmed civilians. Everyone in Derry knows it anyway.

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