He expressed doubts as to whether they were innocent or not.”Fr Daly is, however, dismayed that the members of the Parachute Regiment succeeded in their appeal against a summons to attend the tribunal in person “I have no anger against them, that disappeared long ago. I have no anxiety to see them prosecuted or anything like that. I simply want them to say why they did what they did.”Fr Daly also saw his hanky again, still with the tag bearing the name Fr E Daly in the corner. It was brought to the tribunal by Kay Duddy, Jackie’s sister. The hanky had arrived at the hospital under Jackie’s shirt, and was washed and returned to the Duddy family with his clothes.

“It’s been like a comfort blanket to me,” says Ms Duddy, 45, who still lives in Londonderry “It’s always with me. It’s lovely for us to know that Bishop Daly was with Jackie in his dying moments, and that he gave him the last rites and talked to him It’s such a consolation He’s a caring, loving man. Throughout the worst of the Troubles he has done everything he could and talked to people across the divide and helped them towards the peace process. As far as I’m concerned he has the makings of a saint.”Fr Daly is greatly encouraged by the steps towards peace. He has a “sneaky respect” for Martin McGuinness of Sinn Fein, who lives in Londonderry, despite their opposing views on the use of arms for political gain.

Fr Daly considers him “an exemplary father, an exemplary husband and a good churchgoer. I think he also has a sneaky respect for me, although we have been deadly opponents for many years. I respect his ability generally as an organiser, and his ability politically”.There have been many changes to the streets on which Bloody Sunday unfolded. The high-rise flats beside which Jackie Duddy was shot are no longer there, and the area is dotted with smart modern red-brick homes. The overcrowding and high unemployment are long gone, as are the soldiers, the incessant rioting and the regular deaths The role Fr Daly played, however, is still much in evidence.

His stooped figure, handkerchief in hand, has been immortalised in a mural on the side of a house, painted by the Bogside Artists five years ago. Clearly no one in the town will forget what the priest did that day.Does Fr Daly think he can ever put Bloody Sunday behind him? Not before Lord Saville puts things to rest, he says “After that I won’t talk about it any more.”. The actor Nigel Planer was born in Westminster hospital, London, in 1953. He was educated at Westminster School and then Sussex University, which he dropped out of in 1974 to go to Lamda. His career in comedy began in 1976 with a tour of a comedy rock show called Rank, with fellow student Peter Richardson. Planer became a regular at the Comedy Store in 1979, and a year later founded the influential Comic Strip Club with Richardson, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson and Alexei Sayle. His television debut came in 1981 on the stand-up show Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights, but fame arrived a year later in the role of Neil, the hippie no-hoper, in the cult 1980s comedy The Young Ones.Planer’s CV stretches from numerous television appearances (The Comic Strip Presents, The Grimleys, Shine On, Harvey Moon), through film (Yellowbeard, Wind in the Willows, The Land Girls and Eat the Rich), and theatre (Feelgood and Chicago).