The families of the 11 victims of the Ballymurphy massacre carried out by the British army Parachute Regiment in 1971 have branded the loyalist UVF murder gangs attempt to gain access through the courts to all the evidence relating to the massacre as ‘a joke’ and said they say are determined to ensure that the focus will remain on those who carried out the massacre, the British army Parachute regiment. | Sinn Féin Ireland

Families of the victims of the Ballymurphy massacre committed by the British army Parachute regiment in 1971 gather outside a Belfast court as the inquest of their loved ones finally begins. | Sinn Féin Ireland

The findings of the inquest into the 1976 Kingsmills massacre were released today. After a process lasting nearly 8 years, the coroner has found that the shooting dead of 10 Protestant workmen was an "overtly sectarian attack by the IRA". | BBC Newsline