But all the emerging evidence suggests that everything the families have said for 27 years is true. People were shot at close range, some lying on the ground. Some were shot by army snipers on the city walls. The bullet that destroyed Barnie McGuigan's brain disintegrated into 42 fragments, which strongly suggests it was an illegal dumdum. Perhaps these facts will demoralise the army and give comfort to republicans.
Truth is the first casualty of war, but sometimes it survives.