The 2023 legislation, introduced by the Tories, halted scores of civil cases and inquests into Troubles deaths.

In chronicling his filmmaker father’s legacy, director Tadashi Nakamura emerges as a confident and powerful documentarian ...

The Legacy Act prevented a “landing zone” being reached that could have enabled Troubles victims to secure truth and answers, Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said. The Tanaiste said he hoped ...

The Legacy Act prevented a “landing zone” being reached that could have enabled Troubles victims to secure truth and answers, Ireland’s deputy premier Simon Harris has said. The Tanaiste ...

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said he will continue a bid for compensation as a former Troubles detainee (Liam McBurney/PA) Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said any ...

The relevant sections of the Legacy Act had been agreed by Parliament in 2023 in response to a Supreme Court judgment in 2020 that paved the way for Mr Adams to secure compensation over his ...

The law was opposed by victims’ groups in Northern Ireland and all the main political parties at Stormont (Brian Lawless/PA) The Legacy Act prevented a “landing zone” being reached that ...

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