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LISTEN BACK: Troubles Legacy Bill must be 'stopped' warns Clones historian

Jun 29, 2023 11:19 By News Northern Sound
LISTEN BACK: Troubles Legacy Bill must be 'stopped' warns Clones historian
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The Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement has called on the British Government to withdraw the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy and Reconciliation Bill.

The Bill would end inquests, Police Ombudsman investigations, civil cases and police investigations into crimes committed as part of the Troubles.

Local historian, Brian MacDonald was 15 years old at the time of the Clones bomb attack back in 1972. Brian believes the Troubles Legacy Bill will have "major implications" in relation to renewed cross-border appeals by Gardaí and the PSNI into the Pettigo, Belturbet and Clones bombings.

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Our reporter Jodie Curran spoke with the local historian about this matter.

She began by asking him his thoughts on calls to withdraw the Bill:

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