The government’s apology for the Ballymurphy massacre is 50 years too late – this culture of military cover-up needs to change
In the aftermath of last week’s inquest into the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre, in which a coroner ruled 10 people killed in Belfast during a British army operation were unarmed, innocent civilians, former head of the army Richard Dannatt made a pressing point: “Frankly, these matters should have been investigated much more thoroughly a long time ago.”
Well, why weren’t they? The question stands for many actions involving the British army.
