News Center- In April 2019, violence broke out after police raids on dissidents with the aim of seizing munitions ahead of the Easter Rising commemorative parades due to take place in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland. On April 18, 2019, investigative journalist Lyra McKee (29) was shot while covering the protests. She died at the Altnagelvin Area Hospital.

After the killing of the young journalist, two men were arrested on suspicion of involvement in her murder but they were released without charge the following day. On April 23, The Irish News published an article claiming that the New IRA, a paramilitary organization founded in July 2012, had admitted responsibility for the killing.

Lyra McKee was a journalist from Northern Ireland who wrote for several publications about the consequences of the Troubles. She also served as an editor for Mediagazer, a news aggregator website.