Ahern backs Troubles Truth Commission

The families of victims of Northern Ireland’s Troubles need a forum like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

Ahern backs Troubles Truth Commission
Tue, 08 Mar, 2005 - 17:18

The families of victims of Northern Ireland’s Troubles need a forum like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

He told the Dáil families needed to tell their stories and get some form of closure on their grief.

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