Northern Ireland
Changes to Northern Ireland legacy bill not ‘some great cover-up’, British minister claims
The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, said the Irish government remains opposed to the bill
Proposed changes to a controversial British government bill on the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles are not about covering up state wrongdoing, a minister has insisted.
Lord Caine, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) minister who tabled the amendments, acknowledged the draft legislation was “very challenging” for victims of the conflict, but he urged them to give the proposals “fair wind”.
The bill has proved highly contentious, with victims’ groups, all of the main Stormont ...