McDowell wanted royal pardon for ‘household name’ IRA suspects
The arch-critic of Sinn Féin and the Provos – who once compared the republican movement to Nazis – was attorney general at the time.
Documents uncovered in the furore over the controversial on-the-runs scheme show he told his British counterpart Gareth Williams that the British government should use the contentious measure during a critical stage in the fledgling peace process.
