Harte Coyle Collins

Lawyers for a man who was shot dead by British soldiers in 1978 have welcomed a decision to hold a fresh inquest into the shooting. Patrick Duffy, 50, was killed by British soldiers in Derry on 24 November 1978. An inquest in 1980 found that he had been shot between 11 and 14 times.

Four men from Derry who fled south of the border after they were allegedly wrongfully accused of murder have been awarded a five-figure sum in compensation from the Chief Constable of the PSNI. Stephen Crumlish, Gerry McGowan, Gerard Kelly and Michael Toner - known as the "Derry Four" - launched civ