The acquittal of Soldier F in the Bloody Sunday trial comes as no real surprise, given the length of time since the incident.

Sinn Fein’s response to the acquittal of Soldier F shows that the party’s concern for victims is “selective and deeply inconsistent”, the DUP leader has said.

He was a former northern editor for both The Irish Times and Sunday Tribune, and his book A Secret History of the IRA became a bestseller.

The treatment of the British soldiers who served in Northern Ireland should bring shame upon this nation. After years of inquiries and investigations, a former soldier now in his 70s was finally hauled in front of a court over Bloody Sunday,

While it is fair to acknowledge that a tiny number of soldiers who served in NI amid the chaos disgraced themselves, the overwhelming bulk served honourably. It is outrageous to put low ranking soldiers on trial when IRA godfathers have not and will not faced such.

A coroner was entitled to find an SAS soldier justified in opening fire on an unarmed IRA driver as part of an ambush attack in Co Tyrone, a High Court judge has ruled.