The families of nine people shot dead by British soldiers in west Belfast 50 years ago have been awarded significant damages by the Ministry of Defence.
Ten people were shot dead in Ballymurphy in August 1971.
In May 2021 a long-running inquest found that those killed were "entirely innocent".
In Belfast's High Court today, the families' civil action for damages was settled.
The amounts paid out in each case were not disclosed, but are understood to include significant six figure sums.
Costs were also awarded against the military.
Four people injured in the course of what came to be known as the Ballymurphy Massacre are still pursuing compensation claims.
The case of the tenth deceased is also still going through the courts.
The shootings happened immediately after the introduction of internment without trial in Northern Ireland.
Those who were shot dead were Joan Connolly, 44; Joseph Corr, 43; Edward Doherty, 31; John Laverty, 20; John McKerr, 49; Fr Hugh Mullan, 38; Joseph Murray, 41; Noel Phillips, 19; Frank Quinn, 19; and Daniel Teggart, 44.
No one has ever been charged or convicted in connection with any of their deaths.
The original inquests in 1972 recorded open verdicts, however fresh inquests were approved in 2011 following a lengthy campaign by the Ballymurphy families.
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In a statement the families welcomed the outcome.
"Today's ruling and the inquest findings are in stark contrast to how families were treated by the courts in 1971/2.
"The treatment of families then was shocking, families were offered a couple of hundred pounds and one widow was even told she was financially better off because she had one less mouth to feed.
"We have proven that current legal routes open to all victims of our troubled past do work despite the claims of Brandon Lewis and Boris Johnson to the contrary."
Settlement is 'bittersweet result'
Joseph Corr's daughter Eileen McKeown said that today's settlement represents a "win against the British government and the MoD (Ministry of Defence), but that it is a "bittersweet result".
Speaking on RTÉ's Drivetime, Ms McKeown said: "We are glad that we don't have to go through another court case, so we're delighted about that.
"I think we've had enough time in court listening to the horrific events that happened to our loved ones."
Ms McKeown said that the money should have been paid decades ago.
Her mother struggled financially after her husband died and she was left to raise seven children alone, the youngest of whom was just three months old.
"My mummy needed the money then.
"My mummy and my daddy worked, so she lost that income and then was left on her own with seven kids.
"My mummy didn't get any financial help whatsoever with the rearing of her seven kids. She still had to go to work every day," she said.
