Events commemorating 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday this weekend

 

Events to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday are taking place in Derry this weekend.

The former leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will give a lecture there today – and Taoiseach Micheál Martin will attend an event tomorrow morning.

It’s to commemorate 13 people being shot dead by British soldiers at a civil rights march on January 30th, 1972.

Tony Doherty’s father, Patrick, was one of the victims – Tony says the tragedy has stayed with him all his life…

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