Published Monday, 14 November 2011
Attorney General John Larkin has written to each of the victims' families to confirm the hearings which will take place in the coming months.
The intervention comes after Mr Larkin reviewed the original inquests held a year after the August 1971 shootings and found many unanswered questions.
He found that in many instances no witnesses were called, there was no effective investigation first time around and the accounts of some soldiers conflicted.
Pat Quinn, whose 19-year-old brother Frank was amongst those shot dead in the west Belfast estate, has welcomed the development.
"It's brilliant news," he told UTV.
"The original inquests were a farce and just gave open verdicts.
"At the time a lot of witness statements weren't taken on board, they were just collected but it was the military police at the time that were doing the investigating."
Eleven people - including a Catholic Priest and a mother of eight - died in the shootings, carried out over a three-day period following the introduction of internment.
Army chiefs insist the Parachute Regiment, who had entered the republican heartland to round up suspected terrorists, only opened fire because republicans were shooting at them.
But for years the families have demanded to know the truth about what happened, claiming their loved ones were all innocent victims.
Despite the passage of time, UTV understands some soldiers involved in the Ballymurphy shootings are still alive and have been traced by the Historical Enquiries Team.
Now the families are hopeful the new inquests, due to begin in a few months time, will bring their four decade long campaign to an end.
"I hope it will bring our story out there," Pat Quinn continued.
"Hopefully it can lead to something else like an international investigation which we can get and the truth can be told for our loved ones."