Personal Insights: Let Lyra McKee's anniversary be a catalyst for addressing the North's 'compulsion to repeat'

As violence returns to some areas of the North, pyschotherapist Nigel Mulligan, argues the second anniversary of Lyra McKee’s death should be an opportunity for us all to reflect on the significance of her life and where Northern Ireland finds itself today.

The late Lyra McKee. Picture: Chiho Tang/Oranga Creative/PA Wire

ON the 18th of April 2019, Lyra McKee (29) was fatally shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry on Easter's Holy Thursday.

A dissident Republican group admitted responsibility, stating that McKee was not the target, but was standing beside enemy forces.