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Claudia Savage

MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules in response to Clonoe inquest

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has urged “careful consideration” as MPs called for changes to coronial law in response to the inquest into the deaths of four IRA members in Clonoe. - (PA Wire)

The Northern Ireland Secretary has urged “careful consideration” as MPs called for changes to coronial law in response to the inquest into the deaths of four IRA members.

Hilary Benn said the findings of the coroner were “very significant”, while Conservative former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said soldiers like himself “who never asked to go to Northern Ireland” will be “dragged in front of the courts” in the absence of the Legacy Act.

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