UK government's Legacy Bill ‘not the way to address Northern Ireland’s past’

UK government's Legacy Bill ‘not the way to address Northern Ireland’s past’

The announcement by Mr Heaton-Harris last week prompted calls from the families of those killed in the Provisional IRA’s bombing of two pubs in Birmingham in 1974 to also grant them a probe. Picture: Anthony Devlin/PA

The UK government’s legacy Bill is not the way to deal with Northern Ireland’s past, commissioner for victims and survivors Ian Jeffers has said.

Mr Jeffers also called for a reconciliation process to be brought about on the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

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