Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over Northern Ireland legacy Bill’

Mark Thompson, of Relatives For Justice, speaks during a protest outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast (Niall Carson/PA)

The Irish government has a “moral” and “legal” obligation to take an interstate case against the UK if the Westminster government’s controversial legacy Bill becomes law, a protest has heard.

Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives For Justice, addressed families of those killed during the Troubles, who gathered with signs and pictures of their loved ones outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast.