Derry – Peter Geoghegan

A New Future for Derry after Saville

By peterPosted on 21st June 2010Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Sunday Business PostTagged Derry, Gregory Campbell, Saville

Early last Tuesday morning, 56 men and women, two relatives of each of the 27 people killed and injured on Bloody Sunday, met in silence at Derry’s historic city walls. In the course of a solemn, hour-long procession, they walked by the Bogside’s low-rise flat complexes and on past William Street before finishing up at […]

Warm welcome in Derry as 'truth is set free' after 38 years

By peterPosted on 16th June 2010Posted in Northern Ireland, PoliticsTagged David Cameron, Derry, Martin McGuinness, Peterloo, Saville1 Comment

At 9:45am yesterday, 56 men and women met in silence at Derry’s historic city walls. In the course of a solemn, purposeful procession, they walked by the Bogside’s low-rise flats complexes and on past William Street, each carrying a black-and-white picture accompanied by four short words, “Set the truth free”. Less than an hour later, […]