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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Young

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

Campaigners take part in a protest organised by Relatives for Justice marking one year since the introduction of the Legacy Act, outside the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) offices in Belfast. Picture date: Thursday May 1, 2025. - (PA Wire)

Troubles victims urged other families bereaved in the Northern Ireland conflict to boycott a new legacy truth recovery and investigations body as they protested outside its office.

The demonstration at the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) in Belfast came on the first anniversary of the implementation of a legal guillotine that halted inquests and civil court cases linked to the Troubles.

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