News Letter on MSN5h
Clonoe ambush: 'Courts went soft on getaway accomplices' says TUV MP Jim Allister
The sentences handed down to the men who survived the Clonoe ambush are an example of a "soft" approach by the authorities towards terror offenders.
Clonoe ambush ruling feeds ‘IRA attempt to rewrite history’, says ex-minister
Sir David Davis said last week’s coroner’s report into the Coalisland shootings was ’51 pages of fact and eight pages of ...
News Letter on MSN1d
SAS killings latest: House of Commons told 'the IRA met real soldiers at Clonoe - and they lost'
The impassioned session in the Commons also saw one Tory MP wonder whether similar concern would have been voiced about the ...
Belfast Telegraph3d
Judge branded soldier’s evidence over Clonoe ‘implausible’ during previous case
A judge previously criticised an SAS soldier involved in the Clonoe ambush after one of the IRA getaway drivers was awarded £75,000 in damages for being shot in the incident. The soldier’s ...
MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules in response to Clonoe inquest
MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules in response to Clonoe inquest - DUP leader Gavin Robinson said the coroner had to ...
LBC6d
SAS unit ‘unjustified’ in shooting dead four IRA terrorists in ambush inquest rules
He pointed out that a Ministry of Defence (MoD) document referred to the Clonoe ambush as "an excellent Security Forces success." The inquest also found that state agencies "perpetuated falsehoods" ...
The Irish News3d
Former British soldier believes Clonoe IRA men were ambushed
Kevin Barry O’Donnell (21), Sean O’Farrell (22), Peter Clancy (21) and Patrick Vincent (20) were shot dead in the grounds of St Patrick’s Church at Clonoe, near Coalisland, Co Tyrone ...
Irish Central6d
British soldiers' lethal force against IRA men in 1992 was "not justified," coroner rules
The lorry was struck by at least 68 bullets." The coroner found that the indisputable circumstances of the incident at Clonoe are that: "No challenge was given; no person fired on the soldiers ...
Belfast Telegraph6d
‘Beggars belief’: Senior unionists slam ‘ludicrous' inquest ruling on SAS ambush of IRA gang
IRA admitted four men were on ‘active service’ at time of shooting at Clonoe church in 1992 A coroner’s ruling that an SAS team was unjustified in shooting dead ...
The Irish Times6d
Use of force in killing of four IRA men in British military ambush ‘not justified’ – coroner
He said the attitude of states to the ambush in Clonoe was summarised in a Ministry of Defence document as “an excellent Security Forces success”. The inquest also found that state agencies ...
The Daily Telegraph6d
SAS troops killed IRA members moments after a terror attack. Now they face criminal charges
SAS soldiers who shot and killed four IRA members in an ambush more than 30 years ago face prosecution after a coroner ruled that the use of lethal force was unjustified. The IRA terrorists were ...
Express & Star6d
Use of force in killing of four IRA men ‘not justified’ – coroner
Relatives of the victims and their legal teams have continued the fight for the deceased (PA) Members of a specialist British military unit who shot dead four IRA men in an ambush in Co Tyrone in ...