Blair 'must appoint commissioner for victims' in NI

British Prime Minister Tony Blair came under renewed pressure to appoint a Victims’ Commissioner in Northern Ireland today following his public apology to the Conlon and Maguire families.

North Belfast MP Nigel Dodds said: “On a day when the government are in the mood for making apologies, what are they doing about the long overdue creation of a Victims’ Commissioner for Northern Ireland?”