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Universal payment proposal to Troubles bereaved criticised

Source: PA Wire

A proposal for a universal payment to be made to relatives of all those killed in Northern Ireland’s Troubles has been criticised as equating victims with victim-makers.

Victims Commissioner Ian Jeffers made the proposal in a paper to the Stormont Executive Office for the payment to the families of all the bereaved, including

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