Mary Lou McDonald said such images were upsetting for her children - but added they know their mother is "a tough nut" who can deal with it

Efforts by Executive ministers to end the loyalist protest at the Catholic girls’ school in north Belfast are detailed in official notes from the time.

It came amid ongoing tensions within the Ulster Volunteer Force.

Mr Murphy’s niece Joan Corrigan, who believes there was security force collusion in her uncle’s murder, said she was delighted with the decision by the attorney general.