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A proposal by the Northern Ireland Attorney General to end investigations into killings during the Troubles has been met with outrage from the relatives of those who died.
John Larkin QC claimed a line should be drawn under offences perpetrated before the signing of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.
Mr Larkin stressed that his proposals did not amount to an amnesty, but said: "More than 15 years have passed since the Belfast Agreement, there have been very few prosecutions, and every competent criminal lawyer will tell you the prospects of conviction diminish, perhaps exponentially, with each passing year, so we are in a position now where I think we have to take stock."
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER
Peaceful protesters are facing increasingly authoritarian clampdowns, including two recent arrests for putting a sticker on a Barclays ATM. LYNDA WALKER reports
