Harry Duffy s children follow his coffin as it is carried from St Mary s Church, Creggan.
I have been trying for weeks to write something about the 40th anniversary of my father’s death, but I can’t. My anger is so real that it stops me,
writes Linda Duffy.
May is a hard month for our family. It comes every year and I feel like I’m holding my breath until it’s over.
My father Harry Duffy, known as Harry ‘Dundalk’, was killed by the British Army in the early hours of May 22, 1981. He was struck by a plastic bullet in the head. His death left me and my three brothers and three sisters as orphans. It shattered our lives.
Family of Derry man killed by British soldier 40 years ago criticise plans for a Troubles amnesty
“They tell us to move on, but they won’t let us.
Harry Duffy pictured with some of his children.
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The family of a Derry man killed by a British soldier 40 years ago has criticised plans by the British government to introduce a Troubles amnesty.
Henry (Harry) Duffy was shot and killed by a soldier of the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment near to the junction of Little William Street and Sackville Street, Derry, on May 22, 1981.
The 44-year-old father-of-seven, whose wife had died four years earlier, was struck in the head by a plastic bullet.
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Lewis to be challenged over failure to implement Stormont House agreement Secretary of State Brandon Lewis is to be challenged in court for `failing to implement the Stormont House Agreement. Picture by Brian Lawless/PA Wire 19 May, 2021 01:00
SECRETARY of State Brandon Lewis is to be challenged in court for failing to implement the Stormont House Agreement.
A lawyer acting for Thomas Braniff, whose father David was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989, said judicial review proceedings are over proposals for dealing with the past in the 2014 accord - which have not been implemented.
The family say the case was not reviewed by the now defunct Historical Enquiries Team and been with the PSNI s Legacy Investigation Branch since 2015, while the Police Ombudsman accepted the complaint but yet to assign an investigation.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis is to be challenged in court for “failing” to implement the Stormont House Agreement.
A lawyer acting for Thomas Braniff, whose father David was killed by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989, said the action is over proposals for dealing with the past in the 2014 accord – which have not been implemented.
The Braniff family say the case was not reviewed by the now defunct Historical Enquiries Team and has been in a queue for the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch since 2015.
Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis (Brian Lawless/PA)
The family has also raised concerns about the possibility of collusion between the security forces and Loyalists in the attack.