Varadkar to decide on legal challenge to Troubles legacy bill within weeks

Varadkar to decide on legal challenge to Troubles legacy bill within weeks

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said the Irish Government was taking legal advice over the UK Government’s legacy bill (Liam McBurney/PA)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to launch a legal challenge against the UK government’s Legacy Bill.

As the Bill moved a step closer to becoming law, Amnesty International said it was “dark day” for justice and urged the Irish Government to challenge it through the European Court of Human Rights.

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