NI veteran's commissioner says Irish government 'duck out' of legacy
David Johnstone says "the response from the Irish government to this whole legacy process has been woefully inadequate"
The Irish government's approach to the legacy of the Troubles is "wholly inadequate", Northern Ireland's veterans' commissioner has said.
David Johnstone said the ability of the Dublin government to "duck out of the legacy process was a scandal".
He was speaking to MPs on the Northern Ireland Affairs committee at Westminster which is examining the UK government's new approach to legacy.
He said the "Irish state was a player in the Troubles" and pointed to the 500 murders which happened along the border where he claimed those responsible came from or returned to after their "acts of terrorism".
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