Posted 12/20/2023, 7:55:30 PM
Ireland Legally Challenges UK Legacy Act Over Northern Ireland Investigations
- Irish government to legally challenge UK's Legacy Act in European Court of Human Rights, arguing it breaches human rights conventions
- Act would end investigations into Troubles-era cases in NI, offering amnesties to perpetrators instead
- UK government defends Act, says it will provide better outcomes for victims, but victims/survivors groups oppose it
- Taoiseach says Ireland had "no option" but to legally challenge the Act after UK rejected political resolution
- Move welcomed by victims groups and nationalist parties; unionists criticize Irish government's "inconsistency" on legacy issues