By Katy Thornton The mural was originally unveiled in 2019 after the journalist’s untimely death. A mural in Orlando Florida of journalist Lyra McKee, who was killed in 2019 during a riot in Derry, has had to be repainted after being covered in anti-LGBTQIA+ grafitti. The mural was defaced with hateful rhetoric during the week, and […]
2 years ago
Lyra is a “heartfelt film about the life and death of the internationally renowned Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee.” The trailer for Lyra, the eagerly anticipated documentary about Lyra Mckee, has arrived. Lyra McKee was a freelance journalist from Derry who was shot dead at a riot in Creggan in April 2019. She was […]
3 years ago
She was killed in 2019. Journalist Lyra McKee’s family has urged anyone with a “political agenda” to not use her picture. The Belfast native died in 2019 after she was hit by a bullet during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry, and the republican group the New IRA have since been linked to the […]
3 years ago
McKee was murdered during a riot in the Creggan area of Derry in 2019. Five men have been arrested on Tuesday morning (15 March) in connection with the murder of Lyra McKee. The journalist was fatally shot during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry in April 2019. Two men have previously been formally charged […]
4 years ago
Two other men were charged last week. Two more men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Lyra McKee. Two men aged 24 and 29 have been arrested in Derry this morning under the Terrorism Act and have been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station. Journalist Lyra McKee was […]
4 years ago
Northern Ireland’s Secretary Brandon Lewis welcomed the update in the case. Two men have been charged with the murder of journalist Lyra Mckee who was shot dead in Derry in 2019. The 29-year-old journalist was observing riots in the Creggan area of the city when she was killed. The group that calls themselves the New […]
4 years ago