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Legacy framework will be a ‘step forward’ in reconciliation, Taoiseach says

The Irish premier discussed efforts to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles during a meeting with Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Evening Standard

Why Is Northern Ireland Part of the UK? Partition, the Troubles and Today's United Ireland Debate

Northern Ireland has remained part of the UK since Ireland was partitioned more than a century ago, but the Good Friday Agreement provides a legal route to a united Ireland.

International Business Times UK

Troubles Bill will not bring ‘witch hunt’ of veterans – Killed soldier’s brother

Andy Seaman joined military veterans to meet MPs and peers and argue against former soldiers being shielded from accountability.

Evening Standard

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Victims and survivors are ‘key to reconciliation’ in Northern Ireland, MPs told

Victims Commissioner Joe McVey made the comments to the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.

Evening Standard

Government urged to mull consent of Attorney General for Troubles prosecutions

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) said improvements must to be made to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Evening Standard

Troubles legal costs almost double amount paid to victims, Chief Constable says

Jon Boutcher answered questions at the monthly meeting of the NI Policing Board.

Evening Standard

Burnham: I will take ‘Hillsborough approach’ to dealing with Troubles legacy

The Prime Minister said the Labour Government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Bill would be brought back to Parliament in the autumn.

Evening Standard

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Skintown review – Northern Irish scamps rave their Troubles away

Catholics and Protestants find E-fuelled common ground at a hallowed Portrush club in Ciarán McMenamin’s adaptation of his own 2018 novel

The Guardian - UK

Bryant accused of ‘abdication of responsibility’ over victims’ scheme

The Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme is to close to new applications at the end of August.

Evening Standard

Bryant pressed to deliver ‘fair and balanced’ legacy legislation

Victims Commissioner Joe McVey met with Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant who is currently working on the Troubles Bill.

Evening Standard

‘Everybody is going to have to give a bit on legacy’ – Chris Bryant

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant said work is ongoing on the Troubles Bill to deal with the legacy of the past.

Evening Standard

Final weeks for applications for Troubles disabled payments scheme

By May, some £139 million had been paid out to those permanently disabled in an incident from Northern Ireland’s troubled past.

The Independent UK

During the Troubles, music shaped alternative identities for a generation of Northern Irish teenagers

During the Troubles, a harrowing 30-year conflict over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland, music opened up alternative ways of understanding identity.

The Conversation

Michael Oatley obituary

MI6 officer who held secret meetings with the IRA during the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

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Al Carns blasted for 'disgracefully smearing' Troubles victims with IRA comment

A FORMER advisor to Tony Blair has blasted a potential Labour leadership challenger for “disgracefully smearing” victims of the Troubles.

France 24

Belfast anti-immigrant riots show long legacy of sectarian violence

Anti-immigrant riots that broke out this week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, are part of a long history of conflict and sectarian divisions in a city marked by three decades of unrest known as the Troubles, according to residents and academics.

The Guardian - UK

Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly review – brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past

A British and American film crew descend on the Northern Irish city to film a drama about the Troubles, in a keenly observed and snappily written debut

The Guardian - UK

Dig begins for remains of Troubles victim 50 years after disappearance

Seamus Maguire believed to have been killed and buried in County Antrim by republican paramilitaries in 1976

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The Guardian - UK

UK security services helped devise act that gave amnesty over Troubles killings

Revelation that policing and state agency figures were in secret policymaking group angers victims’ groups

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney stands by 'move on from Troubles' remark in face of Holyrood protest

THE First Minister has stood by his statement that people must “move on” from the Troubles conflicts in Ireland in response to a protest at…

Evening Standard

Senior judge challenges Stormont to agree support scheme for Troubles bereaved

Mr Justice McAlinden made his comments to the Stormont Executive Office committee.

Evening Standard

£139 million paid out in Troubles disablement pension scheme

The scheme is set to close for new applicants in August.

Evening Standard

Veterans to be protected from the ‘legal wild west’ in Troubles Bill

The proposed legislation will also see a reformed Legacy Commission as well a limited number of legacy inquests restored.

Evening Standard

Review warns of ‘toxic’ culture in Troubles legacy investigation body

Sir Declan Morgan, chief commissioner of the ICRIR, said he is ‘deeply sorry that this has happened on my watch’.

Evening Standard

UK Government welcomes Supreme Court ruling on Troubles legacy legislation

A spokesperson said the judgment ‘shows that the Government was right to address the main flaw in the Legacy Act – namely conditional immunity’.

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