Former Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid has denied ministers had any power over police investigations after he reportedly said the Blair government “turned a blind eye” to IRA crimes in a meeting in 2001.
Newly declassified files from the National Archives in Kew are said to include a record of a meeting that took place at Hillsborough Castle on October 9 2001 between then-Northern Ireland secretary John Reid and Sinn Fein politicians Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, alongside Mr Adam’s aide.
