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Hilary Benn: Troubles legacy agreement will deal with ‘unfinished business’

Northern Ireland secretary says he hopes measures will give answers to victims on both sides of political divide

The Guardian - UK

Legacy accord offers chance to deal with ‘unfinished business’ of peace process

The UK and Irish governments have unveiled new-look legacy mechanisms to examine cases linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles.

Evening Standard

UK and Ireland unveil joint framework on Northern Ireland Troubles legacy

Tanaiste Simon Harris will join Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn on Friday afternoon to formally unveil the proposals.

The Independent UK

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Hopes that ICRIR can deliver truth and accountability around the Shankill bomb

The body has also been asked to look into the IRA murder of an ambulance worker in Belfast in1980.

Evening Standard

ICRIR given advice over enabling potential meetings for victims and perpetrators

Sir Declan Morgan said it is something that would be victim-led and done ‘astonishingly carefully’.

Evening Standard

Legacy body ‘lacks powers of a public inquiry to examine Sean Brown murder’

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

Evening Standard

Legacy body focused on and capable of uncovering ‘unvarnished truth’ – Morgan

Sir Declan Morgan described a ‘reset moment’ to make changes to the Legacy Act.

Evening Standard

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Victims urge boycott of new Troubles legacy body during protest at its office

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery was established as part of the last government’s contentious Legacy Act.

Evening Standard

Benn ‘taking steps’ to ensure ICRIR can investigate Sean Brown murder

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he is ‘carefully considering’ a recent judgment from the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

Evening Standard

Legacy body carrying out 50 investigations into 96 deaths

The ICRIR was created by the controversial Legacy Act which halted scores of civil cases and inquests into Troubles deaths.

The Independent UK

Legacy body sorry after 25 names disclosed in data breach

The ICRIR said no sensitive information had been disclosed but said an internal investigation is now under way.

Evening Standard

Controversy over compensation for Gerry Adams does nothing to deliver truth and justice to Troubles victims

Each episode of the Netflix adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book Say Nothing, which addresses the IRA’s tactic of disappearing alleged informers, ends with a disclaimer: “Gerry Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in any IRA violence”. The series suggests Adams’s role was as…

The Conversation

Relatives of IRA’s Teebane atrocity seek answers from legacy body

Eight men were killed in the roadside bomb attack in 1992 in Co Tyrone.

Evening Standard

First reports from new Northern Ireland legacy body expected in autumn

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) is currently looking into 24 cases.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Amnesty clause for soldiers breaches human rights law, Belfast court rules

High court ruling prompts calls to scrap legislation that grants amnesties to soldiers for Troubles-era crimes

The Independent UK

Legacy Act will allow soldiers’ families to seek answers, says lawyer

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act received royal assent earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Council of Europe calls for repeal of Legacy Act immunity provisions

The body’s Committee of Ministers expressed concerns that the act breached human rights obligations.

The Independent UK

Head of investigations at new NI legacy body talks of ‘peace and reconciliation’

Former police officer Peter Sheridan is taking up the post at the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

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The Independent UK

Troubles body ‘carefully’ selected former top police officer as new commissioner

Peter Sheridan is to become commissioner for investigations at the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery.

The Independent UK

Peter Sheridan to become commissioner for investigations on new legacy body

The former senior officer will work alongside Sir Declan Morgan on the ICRIR.

The Independent UK

Work of new legacy body will be ‘led by the wishes of victims’

Sir Declan Morgan said he believed there may be the possibility that the commission would be able to recommend prosecutions for Troubles offences.

The Independent UK

Lack of will hindered attempts to deal with legacy issues – Sir Declan Morgan

The former lord chief justice for Northern Ireland is the incoming chief commissioner of the ICRIR.

The Independent UK

Legacy plan is not a blanket amnesty, Heaton-Harris tells US Congress members

The draft legislation would establish a new commission aimed at uncovering facts around unsolved Troubles deaths.

The Independent UK

Legacy Bill changes not ‘some great cover-up’, Government minister insists

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has criticised the series of amendments to the legislation as not going far enough.

The Independent UK

Government amendments to legacy bill dismissed as ‘tinkering round the edges’

Victims campaigner Raymond McCord said the only acceptable move would be to scrap the bill entirely.

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