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Assault case takes 21 years to come before local court because it 'fell through the net'

An assault case has taken more than 21 years to come before court as it 'fell through the net' a police officer told Limavady Magistrates Court today. Appearing, via videolink, before this morning's sitting was David Kelly (36), of Clanna Rury, ...

17 Aug 2022 at 17:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Shop worker recalls memories of tragedy

What should have been a day of celebration for Gerard McCloskey rapidly turned to terror in the busy village of Claudy. On Monday, July 31, 1972, Gerard officially left his teenage years behind as he turned 20. As he caught an early morning ...

28 Jul 2022 at 22:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 'Look us in the eye and tell us why' says victim's family

Tracy Deans never got the opportunity to meet her great uncle James McClelland. However when she speaks of him you can tell she is immensely proud of the relative who she has has come to learn about through other family members. Known as ...

28 Jul 2022 at 21:33

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Poignant day of commemorations

Sunday will be an extremely poignant one in the city and in the village of Claudy as families and communities gather to remember those who died in the Claudy massacre and Operation Motorman. Today (July 31) marks the 50th anniversary of ...

31 Jul 2022 at 11:33

Claudy families pursue Catholic Church over late priest’s alleged involvement

A number of families who were bereaved in the IRA’s bombing of Claudy are continuing legal action against the Catholic Church. Nine people were killed on August 31, 1972 when three car bombs devastated the County Derry village. It was ...

28 Jul 2022 at 12:00

Claudy bombing widow: Northern Ireland must never return to horror of 1972

A woman whose husband was killed in the bombing of Claudy 50 years ago has urged that Northern Ireland never goes back to its troubled past. Nine people, Catholics and Protestants, were killed and 30 injured when three car bombs ...

28 Jul 2022 at 12:00

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 50 years of inexplicable pain as hope for truth dwindles

The view from Claudy's sloping Main Street on a summer's morning is idyllic. Green hedges skirt the edges of sprawling fields in the Faughan Valley below. Houses lie dotted across the land that leads to and surrounds Feeny and ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:33

Families attend memorial service 50 years on from Claudy bombings

Families of those killed in the Claudy bombings paid tribute to their loved ones during a solemn memorial event to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack. A cross-community service with readings and hymns took place in the ...

31 Jul 2022 at 17:20

Service to mark 50 years since Claudy massacre

Survivors and families of those killed in the Claudy bombings 50 years ago will gather in the quiet County Derry village later to mark the anniversary. A cross-community service with readings and hymns will take place at ...

31 Jul 2022 at 03:45

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Families unified as 50th anniversary approaches

Sunday, July 31 marks the 50th anniversary of the Claudy massacre, which saw three bombs rip through the village claiming the lives of nine innocent people and injuring numerous others. Among the victims of the atrocity,...

27 Jul 2022 at 14:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 'An open sore that will not heal' says victim's grandson

The grandson of David Miller, killed when three bombs went off in Claudy in 1972, has said the family is now facing transgenerational trauma as a result that fatal July day 50 years ago. Speaking to the County Derry ...

29 Jul 2022 at 14:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Horror and devastation will never be forgotten

A County Derry woman who was widowed at the age of 28 after her husband died from injuries he sustained in the Claudy bombing says she will never forget the horror and devastation she witnessed on that day. Artie ...

29 Jul 2022 at 13:33

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