Troubles commissioner appointment due 'within weeks'

A commissioner for victims of the North's troubles could be appointed by the power-sharing executive at Stormont within weeks, Martin McGuinness said today.

During his first joint question-and-answer session with MLAs in the Assembly alongside First Minister Ian Paisley, the Deputy First Minister told their Stormont scrutiny committee: "In looking to the future, we cannot ignore that we are emerging from conflict.