Stormont calls on British and Irish governments to address allegations of collusion in Troubles 

“Dublin has behaved like a spectator and lectured us all about dealing with the Troubles yet failing to see their own shortcomings," said DUP MLA Diane Dodds.

The ’Time for Truth’ group organised a gathering on Saturday at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast of relatives of people who have died during The Troubles. They were protesting about the government’s plans for an amnesty to draw a line under prosecutions during that period of Northern Ireland’s history. Around one hundred people including prominent nationalists and Sinn Féin representatives took part in the event. Picture: Alan Lewis. 

The Stormont Assembly has passed a motion calling on the British and Irish Governments to fulfil obligations under human rights laws to provide effective investigations into claims of state collusion in terrorist murders.

The motion also noted “deep concern” over the failure to make progress on investigating the case of Ian Sproule, who was murdered in 1991 by the IRA in Castlederg, and reiterated opposition to plans by the British Government to introduce a statute of limitations for prosecutions for Troubles offences in Northern Ireland.