The Cathaoirleach of Leitrim County Council says there can be no amnesties for those involved in the Bloody Sunday killings in Derry fifty years ago.
Fianna Fail Councillor Paddy O Rourke was speaking after attending the 50th anniversary commemoration of the atrocity in Derry yesterday.
In 2010 a public inquiry exonerated those killed and injured and the then British prime minister, David Cameron, public apologised, calling the killings ‘unjustified and unjustifiable.’
After attending yesterday’s commemorations, Cllr O Rourke said the next battle is dealing with those who perpetrated the atrocity.
Cllr O Rourke also shared his own 50-year old memories of Bloody Sunday, as well as recalling the reaction of a neighbour in Leitrim, the British aristocrat Lord Kilbracken, who has been decorated for his service in the navy and air force.
