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Sat 01 Jan 2009£12,000 payment plan for all killed in Troubles criticised
THE EAMES-BRADLEY Consultative Group on the Past has proposed a £12,000 payment to the next-of-kin of those killed during the Troubles, even if the fatalities were involved in paramilitary shootings and bombings.
The compensation package is part of a blueprint aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation, which will cost £300 million (€319 million) and is to be financed by the British and Irish governments.
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