Update 9.19am: The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request by Ireland to find that people detained by the UK during the Troubles in the so-called Hooded Men case suffered torture. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is due to deliver its findings today. The Irish government first took a human rights case against Britain over the alleged torture in 1971. The European Commission ruled that the mistreatment of the men was torture, but in 1978 the European Court of Human Rights held that the men suffered inhumane and degrading treatment that was not torture. New evidence, uncovered from national archives in London, throws doubt over the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

Source: Evening echo March 20, 2018 07:18 UTC