Adrian Kerr

Museum curator, author, historian, LUFC, Ard Mhacha, mod. All views expressed are my own, don't blame anyone else.🇵🇸 Ní saoirse go saoirse na Palaistíne.

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

Due to phenomenal demand, extra screenings of The Day Innocence Died have now been added. Screenings at Brunswick Moviebowl, Derry, from 1-5 Apr, with more cinema screenings across Ireland and Britain to follow throughout spring and summer. Tickets https://t.co/HrICe5UE5n

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

🎬 The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice

A new film telling the story of Bloody Sunday.

First public screenings 7.30pm 1st to 4th April, Brunswick Moviebowl, Derry.

To organise a screening please contact [email protected].

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

Worth noting the totality of the judgement yesterday, it is extremely damning of the individuals and the regiment celebrated by some politicians yesterday.

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

A reminder of what the Saville Report found against Soldier F.

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

As Soldier F looks likely to benefit from the British Government's attempt to reassure current soldiers that they too will have impunity when their time comes, it is worth remembering what the former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom said about him.

[Relatives 4 Justice #NeverGivingUp @RelsForJustice]

The dignity of this statement is profound. Only exceeded by the dignity of these families who are inspirational
Sending our love and gratitude

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

🚨 Let Them Play!

This decision must be overturned.

33 children are ready to take part in the trip of a lifetime.

The only thing standing in their way is the Irish government who have refused their visas at the last minute.

[Tony Doherty @tonydutchdoc]

This is a total disgrace. Bloody Sunday Trust was involved in the preparations to welcome these children from Palestine. The Irish Government must answer some serious questions. They need to make this happen!

[Tony Doherty @tonydutchdoc]

Love her even more now @ImeldaOfficial An Phalaistín Abú!

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

Over to you Ulster University...

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

We welcome this move by @QUBelfast!

https://t.co/4yjxhRc1UD

[Museum of Free Derry @MuseumFreeDerry]

Yesterday we welcomed Paul Weller to the Museum of Free Derry! 🎶

#BloodySunday2025 #OneWorldOneStruggle

@AdyKerr @paulwellerHQ

[Maeve Mc Laughlin @MaeveMcLaughli1]

600 days of genocide!

And this reponse...

Shameful @ipsc48 @SadakaIreland

[Museum of Free Derry @MuseumFreeDerry]

🇵🇸“Layan’s Steps” by Eman Mohammed 🇵🇸

Experience the extraordinary journey of 13-year-old Layan al-Baz, who lost both legs in an Israeli airstrike and found hope and healing in the United States.

[Maeve Mc Laughlin @MaeveMcLaughli1]

During these dark days there is always resilience and determination. Now more than ever we need accountability on international law. You are a powerhouse @FranceskAlbs. An honour to share time and strategy with you today @BloodySundayT @DerryNow @derryjournal @BBCRadioFoyle

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

Very sad news indeed, Monsignor Murray did so much good work to uncover injustice here.

[Relatives 4 Justice #NeverGivingUp @RelsForJustice]

Statement from Relatives for Justice CEO Mark Thompson on the passing of Monsignor Raymond Murray:
Relatives for Justice is grieving today as we learn of the passing overnight of our guiding light Monsignor Raymond Murray.
In 1991 Monsignor Murray, with other human rights giants like Clara Reilly and Peter Madden came together with families bereaved by conflict and helped found Relatives for Justice, to provide a voice for families violently bereaved with a common experience of conflict, and draw attention to state policies of shoot to kill and collusion.
Monsignor Murray’s contribution to human rights in Ireland is unparalleled. With the late Fr Denis Faul and Fr Brian Brady he was one of the founders of the Association for Legal Justice. They contemporaneously documented state abuses, including torture, internment, and the use of lethal force. His first-hand testimony led directly to the Irish Government successfully taking the first inter-state case to the European Commission of Human Rights on the systemic use of torture.
From writing of the “killing triangle” and state collusion in mid-Ulster throughout the 1970s, when collusion was being called “republican propaganda”, to working with Arder Fegan and myself, on the first documented account of the use of South African weapons in the post-1987 period, he documented the policy of collusion in real time. Every single piece of contemporary work on the policy of state collusion finds its origins in Raymond Murray’s work.
He was chaplain in Armagh Gaol when the most egregious of violations occurred against women political prisoners. He was vocal when so many remained shamefully silent.
He wrote many pamphlets on individual killings which would have otherwise gone undocumented, Michael McCartan, Julie Livingstone, Danny Barrett and Majella O’Hare to mention just a few.
With Emma Groves, Paddy Kelly and Clara Reilly, he was part of the establishment of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets, contesting their use, and demanding not only their removal from the arsenal of the RUC and British Army, but a cease in their production.
His seminal work on the British Government’s use of lethal force during the conflict, The SAS in Ireland, remains a touchstone reference for anyone interested in how the conflict was waged, and the experience of victims of state violence.
There is not a week goes by when the current generation of human rights activists and lawyers dealing with what we now term legacy do not rely on the foundational work of Monsignor Murray.
But he was so much more. A linguist, historian and academic with a passion for the arts, road bowls, Armagh GAA and cycling, he was a towering intellectual and utterly non-judgmental. He insisted on an embracing and inclusive approach to the past and to victims and survivors. Fiercely independent, he was at the heart of the development of RFJ’s human rights focused approach to support and core values that ensured all victims of the conflict would be treated equally. He touched countless lives across the island and beyond, of so many families and individuals harmed by our conflict. His vocational reach of love, compassion and commitment to redress for injustice made him a unique example and a beacon of hope in the darkest of days.
His courage, tenacity, foresight, care and love gave us in RFJ, and Irish society as a whole, an example for which we must never tire of being reminded. We have lost our mentor but not his example. Ireland is a better country because of the lifelong contribution of Monsignor Raymond Murray.
Never was it more truly said, Ní beidh a leithéad ar ais arís. Go ndéana Dia Trócaire ar a Anam, Raymond.

[Madden & Finucane Solicitors @madden_finucane]

BREAKING: Soldier F to stand trial for Bloody Sunday murders & attempted murders in September 2025

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

BST and @MuseumFreeDerry are saddened to hear of the passing of Vinny Cunningham, a good friend and our partner in our archive project. He will be sorely missed across the city, but his work will always stand as a fitting legacy. Our deepest condolences to his family.

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

RT @RelsForJustice: Relatives for Justice statement on the inquest findings regarding the killings of Kevin Barry O’Donnell, Peter Clancy,…

[Bloody Sunday Trust @BloodySundayT]

#BloodySunday2025 Programme Launch (30th January - 2nd February)

🤍The 2025 commemoration of Bloody Sunday, just like the 2024 one, is dedicated to those who are suffering in Palestine. Let us hope that we will not have to do it again next year.
@tonydutchdoc @MaeveMcLaughli1

[Adrian Kerr @AdyKerr]

Comhghairdeas arís.

[An Post Irish Book Awards @IrishBookAward]

"We're part of the fabric of their lives..."

Congrats to @LittleAcornsBks for winning @Postvox Bookshop of the Year!

Watch Jenni's acceptance as she highlights the importance of indie bookshops in our communities.

#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

[Squinter @squinteratn]

A BBC headline that tried to say as little as possible ended up telling us more than all the others put together.
I did a bit of typing today...
https://t.co/6sr9bywtW9