History Ireland and the Truth Recovery Process
Denis Bradley: Legacy commission could be chaired by former US president
Amnesty proposal is Nothing New for Britain - Patrick Murphy, Irish News
Stormont’s rejection of Troubles amnesty rings hollow – Newton Emerson, Irish Times, July 22nd,
Disavowal of past violence key to laying moral foundations for united Ireland – Irish Times July 19th-22nd, 2022
Now is the time to address violence of the Troubles - Irish Times
Truth Recovery and Reconciliation must be at the heart of any new legislation on the Troubles
The statement by Brandon Lewis, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in the House of Commons this afternoon reiterating the British government’s proposal for a de facto amnesty in the shape of a statute of limitation for all those who committed offences during the Troubles, between 1968-98, comes as no surprise to anyone monitoring the ailing peace process as it has been flagged repeatedly from Westminster for over a year.
Legacy cases continue to cast a shadow
Deaglán de Bréadún 07 July, 2021
A watershed moment is defined as an event that marks an important turning-point or historical change of course.
What we used to call the Provisional republican movement has had a number of those in the last 35 years. There was the dropping of abstentionism from Dáil Éireann in 1986. Then we had the IRA ceasefire which opened the path to the Good Friday Agreement and the eventual decommissioning of IRA weapons
Truth and History
Published in History Ireland, Volume 28, No 6, November-December 2020
In a decade overshadowed by centenaries it is perhaps inevitable that fiftieth anniversaries are somewhat neglected, particularly south of the Border, where the more recent Troubles are often regarded as less relevant to the story of nation building, or even as too problematic and recent to be addressed in a historical context.
A last chance of ending Northern Ireland’s Legacy Wars
There is a widespread view that we have entered the end game as regards salvaging some sort of resolution to the Legacy Wars we have inherited from the Troubles for victims and survivors. Perpetrators, or former combatants rarely feature in the debate, although they are the other, unspoken but indispensable half of the equation.
What is The Truth Recovery Process?
The Truth Recovery Process is a new proposal to address the poisonous legacy of the Troubles
A Hard Headed Exchange: Truth for Amnesty - Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times, June 16th, 2020
In the anatomy of contemporary European savagery, the Troubles in Northern Ireland barely register as a pin prick. What is 3,500 deaths over 30 years when we think of 100,000 over three years in the war in Bosnia?