If a truth process was set up to get answers about what really happened during the Troubles, would any of those responsible for the violence actually participate
As part of the Good Friday Agreement, paramilitary prisoners including loyalist Johnny Adair were released, but there was no condition that they spoke to a "truth commission"It is almost 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that brought an end to the Troubles - in the coming weeks, BBC News NI across our news website, TV and radio, will be looking back at the historic deal, speaking to the key players and reflecting on how the agreement continues to...
Does the IRA really want to talk about how bodies were disappeared, and the leaders and the orders that allowed that to happen?What about the so-called dirty war and all of the associated questions about collusion? On this, there are many questions for the military, the special branch and the Security Service .
There have been numerous consultations, negotiations, agreements and disagreements - but what about putting the direct questions to those who would have many of the answers?Decommissioning of weapons was a key part of the peace process, but it was about handing over guns rather than telling the "truth"
In thinking about structures and commissions and time frames, the cart is in front of the horse - things in the wrong order.Martin McGuinness pictured when he was a Provisional IRA leader in Londonderry in 1972 Sir Ronnie recalls spending time with a member of the truth commission in South Africa. He was told that "we could never have succeeded without Nelson Mandela... I don't know if you have a Nelson Mandela in Northern Ireland"."We have people who aspire to peace and who have done a great job. Some no longer with us," he replied.
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