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Jun 16, 2022 · The gun attack was blamed on the IRA and it happened just weeks before the group's 1997 ceasefire. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers both had very young families at the time and a total ...
Jun 2, 2022 · The RUC funeral party on Royal Avenue - Lord Edward Carson's funeral in Belfast, 1935. The Troubles. For the most part though, the RUC has come to be defined by many in Northern Ireland by its ...
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Jan 27, 2022 · A service has been held in Londonderry in memory of two RUC officers murdered by the IRA fifty years ago. Con David Montgomery, 20, and Sgt Peter Gilgunn, 26, were killed in an IRA gun attack in ...
Jun 16, 2022 · THE families of the last two RUC officers to be murdered by the IRA have said the 25th anniversary of the attack is overshadowed by the British government's plans to deal with Troubles-era killings.
Jun 30, 2022 · BBC News. Mr Keys told the court he was "devastated" by the thought he may have shot dead an elderly woman. A former RUC officer traumatised by the death of a pensioner in a shootout is to receive ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Peter Sheridan has a long background in policing and peace building. Former police commander Peter Sheridan has been appointed to the government's new £250m Troubles legacy body. Mr Sheridan, who ...
Mar 22, 2023 · Wed 22 Mar 2023 at 08:40. The Metropolitan Police needs a “radical overhaul” similar to what happened in Northern Ireland, one of the final recruits to the RUC has said. It follows a damning ...