Irish Examiner view: Why should candour be in short supply?

The proposed 'Hillsborough Law' seeks to bring about reforms of Britain's legal system

Stardust survivor Antoinette Keegan with Sinn Féin senator Lynn Boylan and supporters launching the Stardust Inquest Jury Bill in February. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

It is an often misquoted idiom that the wheels of justice turn slowly, but most people know what it means. And it doesn’t always show systems of retribution and accountability in the most positive light.

Thirty-three years seems a long time to still be talking about the disaster at Hillsborough which caused 97 deaths and hundreds of injuries. It has been 41 years since the devastating Stardust fire in Dublin and 50 since Bloody Sunday in Derry.