Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children Who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles

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A 'who's who' of 18 Northern Irish actors have recorded stories for a movie made by the Belfast based DoubleBand Films company. David McKittrick has been the Ireland correspondent of The Independent since 1986 and was named correspondent of the year in 1999 by BBC2's What the Papers Say. Excerpts from firsthand accounts relating to the deaths are also included where possible, and in addition to the alphabetical index there is a glossary and an appendix of statistics and graphs. anyone in or out of Northern Ireland, or anywhere else for that matter, who thinks violence is the answer should read this (or even just slowly flick through it) and see that it achieves nothing except needless pain and suffering generally by those not involved. Fine Gael Minister Colm Brophy last week suggested a project to make the book available could involve a "collaborative effort" with the Northern Ireland Executive.

The greatest single piece of scholarship in either journalism or historical studies that has ever been conducted in this country.

There are countless names of people listed here whom I had never heard of as we'll as all those I knew personally or who were neighbours. On 23 October 2019, a film (1 hour, 29 minutes) based on the book Lost Lives was released in the UK for one night only. One of the tourists is Evan, taking an enforced holiday from his family and work in Belfast after breaking down after the death of his daughter in infancy.

Mike McCahill in The Guardian wrote that "The variation of voices staves off any monotony inherent in the list format, and each story opens up some revealing front.This is not to say that Lost Lives is a perfect resource: apart from anything else, there were considerable problems in obtaining and releasing information which have necessarily influenced the content of the book; not to mention the necessity of imposing definite parametres on a frequently vague and slippery problem, often in contrast to other groups working towards the same aim. The film-makers create jolting contrast: the enduring beauty of the Irish landscape, against today’s gleamingly secure pleasure palaces, built after civil war was replaced by something like peace. He has also worked as a producer with BBC Northern Ireland's political unit and its current affairs programme Spotlight.