O’Neill hits out at ‘cynical and duplicitous’ amnesty proposed by UK Government

Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has hit out at the UK Government’s proposed amnesty (Peter Morrison/PA)

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has raised a proposed amnesty over Troubles offences with the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.

The UK Government has proposed a statute of limitations which would end all prosecutions for Troubles incidents up to April 1998 and would apply to military veterans as well as ex-paramilitaries.