NorthernIreland minister KarenBradley lambasted by relatives of ballymurphy victims 'Hang your head in shame'
Mrs Bradley said she was"profoundly sorry" for the"offence and hurt" caused by her remark - but her apology has not been enough for the angry relatives of people killed in the Ballymurphy area ofover a three-day period in August 1971. Briege Voyle, whose mother Joan Connolly was one of those shot dead, said:"I think she is a disgrace. "We had to sit in there yesterday, me and my sisters, and listen to the horrific things that those soldiers done to my mummy.
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