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President Higgins will deliver a recorded message to the Bloody Sunday families on Sunday

On January 30 1972, dozens of photographers arrived in Derry, Northern Ireland, to cover a protest march against internment without trial. The day’s events turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire. The photographers ended up capturing on film one of the most significant events of the Troubles – Bloody Sunday.

In 2010 Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a public apology, describing the 1972 killings as ‘unjustified and unjustifiable’.

William McKinney was shot dead on Bloody Sunday 50 years ago.

Margaret Wray’s brother Jim was 22 when he was shot dead on January 30, 1972.

Lord Saville chaired the long-running probe into the events of January 30, 1972.

Patrick Doherty, a married father of six and member of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, was 32 when he died on January 30 1972.

Jean Hegarty was living in Canada when her 17-year-old brother Kevin McElhinney was shot dead on January 30 1972.

Two policemen had been murdered in the city three days before soldiers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators.

A series of events will take place over the weekend in Londonderry to mark the anniversary of the date when 13 civil rights protesters were shot dead.

Thirteen people were killed in the shootings in January 1972 and 15 others were injured.