Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday Inquiry: Money Well Spent?
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| 09:38 UK time, Friday, 11 June 2010
World Update will be live from Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland next Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th June, to cover the release and aftermath of the report with huge significance to peace and reconciliation there - the into what's called Bloody Sunday, the day in 1972 when 13 protesters against British rule were killed.
Britain's Parachute Regiment was accused of indiscriminate shooting. The official British response was that the soldiers were attacked and fought back. A was dismissed by families of those who died as a whitewash.
On Tuesday, hours before the report is published, we'll hear from the relatives of the victims, from eyewitnesses and from the military side.
Were the Paras told to 'teach the hooligans of Derry a lesson' as has been alleged? Or did an IRA gunman fire first, as some have claimed? The Inquiry took over more than six years.
Then on Wednesday, with the full report available, we'll measure the impact of its revelations on the power sharing peace plan in Northern Ireland and the continued campaign for Irish unification still being fought by dissident Republicans outside the peace deal.
And what about the cost of the Inquiry, estimated to be around $600 million dollars? Was that a price worth paying?
Let us know. And join us if you can.
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