The bodies of the three friends, who were the first off-duty soldiers murdered in the Northern Ireland Troubles, were found on a roadside in Ligoniel in north Belfast. It’s one thing losing somebody through natural cases – that’s hard. A memorial to the three Royal Highland Fusiliers soldiers in Ballysillan Avenue in north Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)“We’ll just keeping going for the truth. “But we’ll just keeping going.”The UK Government recently introduced legislative proposals to restructure mechanisms for investigating Troubles cases in Northern Ireland. A Government spokesperson highlighted that bereaved families seeking information could refer legacy cases to the reformed Legacy Commission.

Source: The Herald January 03, 2026 06:15 UTC