Protest told introduction of new legacy laws is ‘day of shame’

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Sinn Fein MP John Finucane addressed the protest meeting outside the HQ of the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast.

The beginning of new legacy arrangements which shut down some Troubles-era inquests represents a “day of shame”, Sinn Fein MP John Fincane has said.

The ICRIR was created by the Government’s Legacy Act which received royal assent last year despite widespread opposition from political parties, victims’ organisations in Northern Ireland and the Irish government. Mr Finucane said: “This is very much a day of shame. This is a day when legal challenges in our courts officially come to an end.

“The British Government have today officially removed the independence of our courts in looking at our past.”John Finucane said the UK Government had removed the independence of courts During a hearing it emerged that state agents were among more than 25 people linked by intelligence to the murder of Mr Brown in 1997.

 

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