The pact of forgetting and the need to remember

How will we remember the dead of the Troubles?

The search for victims is considered vital to reconciliation and remembrance in Ireland Picture: Photocall
The search for victims is considered vital to reconciliation and remembrance in Ireland Picture: Photocall

In a field in Coghalstown, Co Meath, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains continues its search for the remains of Joe Lynskey, killed by the IRA in 1972.

Meanwhile, in the mountains outside Léon in northern Spain, the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory is searching for mass graves of those killed by Francoist forces in ...