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PM pays tribute to Lyra McKee on anniversary of murder

written by cassoscoop April 18, 2023
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Journalist Lyra McKee shot dead in Derry in April 2019 by New IRA terrorists

Rishi Sunak has paid tribute to Lyra McKee, marking the anniversary of the journalist’s death in Derry four years ago.

Ms McKee died after being hit by a bullet during rioting in the city’s Creggan area on Thursday, April 18, 2019, with dissident republican group the New IRA linked to the killing.

The remarks by the British Prime Minister, who praised her as the embodiment of a “better Northern Ireland”, come as the region marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

In a tribute issued by Downing Street to mark four years since the brutal shooting, Mr Sunak said: “Today, we remember Lyra McKee, a journalist who caught the imagination of young people in Northern Ireland.

“In strongly rejecting sectarianism, she embodied the Northern Ireland that I see today – one of realising a better Northern Ireland than what had come before her.

“We stand united against the insidious ideology of those who stole her dreams and what she could have gone on to contribute.”

Former US president Bill Clinton and ex-US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, both in Northern Ireland to attend events reflecting on the past and future of the peace deal, were guests at a special screening in Belfast of a film about Ms McKee.

PM pays tribute to Lyra McKee on anniversary of murder was last modified: April 18th, 2023 by cassoscoop

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