Ronan McManus Ronan McManus

Truth Recovery and Reconciliation must be at the heart of any new legislation on the Troubles

The statement by Brandon Lewis, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the House of Commons this afternoon reiterating the British government’s proposal for a de facto amnesty in the shape of a statute of limitation for all those who committed offences during the Troubles, between 1968-98, comes as no surprise to anyone monitoring the ailing peace process as it has been flagged repeatedly from Westminster for over a year.

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