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Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over legacy Bill’

The Irish government has a “moral” and “legal” obligation to take an interstate case against the UK if the Westminster government’s controversial legacy Bill becomes law, a protest has heard. Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives For Justice, addressed ...

21 Jun 2023 at 15:55

National News

MLAs set to return to Stormont in doomed bid to pass organ donation law

The Stormont Assembly will be recalled later in a doomed bid to pass a new law on organ donation in Northern Ireland. Rival parties are attempting to ramp up the pressure on the DUP to end its boycott of devolution, but the unionist party has ...

14 Feb 2023 at 09:58

Northern Ireland

Ireland blamed Northern Ireland Office for ‘damaging leaks’, records show

Irish civil servants compiled a list of “major leaks” they claimed originated from the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and Special Branch officers in the region, records show. The confidential briefing note is part of the tranche of documents ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Minister ‘cannot rule out consequences’ over Irish Legacy Act challenge

Consequences for UK-Irish relations cannot be ruled out because of legal action over the Troubles Legacy Bill, a Northern Ireland Office minister has said. Lord Caine said he deeply regretted the decision by the Irish Government to launch ...

21 Dec 2023 at 09:11

National News

Blair was urged to use ‘government machine’ to push for 1998 referendum Yes vote

Tony Blair was advised that he should use the “government machine” to push for a Yes vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement – but not to the extent that it would risk calling the result of the historic vote into question. As ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Irish ‘liked to roll pitch in their favour’ in intergovernmental conferences

The Irish government liked to “roll the pitch in favour of their own team” in intergovernmental conferences with the UK, a senior Northern Ireland Office (NIO) official said in 1998. Declassified state papers reveal behind-the-scenes ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Important to get legal clarity over Legacy Act, says reconciliation commission

A new body established to investigate Troubles deaths has said it is important that legal clarity is provided by the courts over the UK’s Legacy Act. The Irish government announced on Wednesday that it was to initiate an interstate ...

21 Dec 2023 at 14:15

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