Vigils were held in Belfast and Derry on Monday to pay tribute to McKee, who was shot while watching riots in Derry on April 18, 2019. A Democratic parade to celebrate the 1916 Easter Uprising was also held in Derry on Monday. He joined the Saoradh team, which is accused of having links with the New IRA. The Parade Committee had decided not to wear paramilitary style clothes in the procession. McKee’s sister, Nichola Corner, wondered why the event could not have taken place on a different day, noting that the date of Easter changes every year. “When we objected to this parade, it was only because of the date, not because of the course,” he told PA media. “If they had marched on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, we would not care.” McKee’s partner, Sara Canning, added: “We are here to honor someone we loved and they are there to honor the people who died 106 years ago. That’s my personal opinion and why I think it’s so bad. “ The Northern Ireland Police Service has appealed for new information. Nine people have been charged with the shooting, six of them for public order violations and three for murder. There were no convictions. The New IRA, an anti-Republican group, claimed responsibility immediately after the shooting and apologized, saying its gunman had targeted police. The 29-year-old was one of Northern Ireland’s most promising young journalists. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Corner urged anyone with information to show up and said Derry’s roads would not be safe until the killer was arrested. “The person who pulled the trigger of the gun that led her to her death is still walking on these streets and as long as she walks on these streets, these streets will not be safe for the people of this city,” she said. It’s never too late ω I beg you to help us do justice to Lyra. ” Members of the Saoradh pass through Derry in paramilitary garb on Monday. Photo: Liam McBurney / PA Eamonn McCann, a prominent journalist and activist, said McKee was desperately missing. “Any journalist who knows her work will know how much she contributed to the understanding of the North and how much more she had to give. Lyra did not write from an ivory tower or from any cold perspective. She was a front-line worker with a full heart. Enlighten every part of the world he described. “ The vigils also commemorated Martin O’Hagan, a Northern Ireland journalist killed by a loyal paramilitary group in 2001, and Pierre Zakrzewski, a Dublin cameraman who was recently killed in Ukraine. The vigils came after a warning from another small Democratic group. The laglaigh na hÉireann, which declared a ceasefire in 2018, threatened retaliation on Sunday if the Northern Ireland Protocol’s campaign escalates. “If the faithful are targeting republican and nationalist communities, we will target loyal leaders,” she said in a statement.