The UK and Irish governments announced on Friday the creation of a new joint framework that hopes to facilitate investigations into all unresolved Troubles-related incidents in Ireland.

The new framework replaces the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 and establishes a reformed Legacy Commission that will oversee investigations into the unresolved Troubles-related incidents in Ireland. The deal is aimed at resolving the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ‘s unrealized goal to acknowledge the suffering of victims and survivors.

Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is hopeful the new framework can provide a “way forward” for families affected by the incidents:

I believe that this framework, underpinned by new co-operation from both our gove

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