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What the British Prime Minister was told about his killer gang, the Military Reaction Force (MRF). Paper Trail is publishing a secret minute and comprehensive note to the Prime Minister, Edward Heath, in late November 1972. These regard the history, formation and eventual rolling up of the unit. The MRF left in its wake a trail […]

Families have received news that former soldiers from Britain’s covert Military Reaction Force (MRF) are due in court charged with murder and attempted murders. 🎥 Watch the UTV News Report on the MRF Defendants Paper Trail works with a number of victims of this death squad and submitted our own evidence to the authorities due […]

Paper Trail marks the untimely passing of its Chair and our great friend, Niall Ó Murchú, today, the 26th November 2024. Niall was a Gael from Ardoyne in North Belfast. He loved his country and its people. He immersed himself throughout his life in our Gaelic language, culture and sports. At the heart of this […]

Massacre at Kingsmill: The Secret British Army Files The Kingsmill Massacre was one of the most vicious, nakedly sectarian attacks of the conflict. A man waving a red light stopped a work van on a cold night and lonely Kingsmill road outside Whitecross, County Armagh. Armed men with blackened faces, wearing camo-gear, surrounded it. They […]

Attorney General Orders New Inquest into the RUC Murder of Donegal Civilian, Michael Leonard In a landmark decision, the Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a new inquest into the police murder of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard in 1973. The Attorney General’s decision was given to Michael’s family on the day before Britain’s Legacy […]

The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).

Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974

Help Paper Trail and the campaign group research the secret files around the deployment of CR Gas and the Burning of Long Kesh on 15th October 1974

The Office of the Police Ombudsman to Investigate Murder of Civilian, Jim Murphy, although it will not commence until April 2027 due to lack of resources.