Judith Thompson

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The relatives urge Micheál Martin and Boris Johnson to “immediately turn your attention to this matter and fulfil the commitment ... that the Stormont House Agreement be implemented in full without further prevarication or delay.” Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Victims’ families call for process on dealing with North’s past to be implemented

Some 3,500 relatives of people killed during the Troubles have signed an open letter calling on the Taoiseach and the UK prime minister to ensure that(...)

British troops in west Belfast on April 19th, 1976. Former British soldiers who served in the North during the Troubles are being ‘persecuted’, veterans’ groups have claimed. File photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
Former British soldiers who served in the North are being ‘persecuted’, veterans say

Former British soldiers who served in the North during the Troubles are being “persecuted” through legacy investigations which they claim are politica(...)

Northern Ireland’s Victims’ Commissioner Judith Thompson told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that victims and survivors of the Troubles are now faced with legislation ‘driven through Westminster that does little for them’. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times.
MPs hear call to ‘knock heads together’ on Troubles’ legacy issues

The “unpicking” of the agreement to deal with Northern Ireland Troubles’ legacy issues has led to a “severe dilution” of what was proposed, a member o(...)

The North’s Minister of Justice, Naomi Long, has said her department is willing to administer the scheme. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye/PA
Up to North’s Executive to implement Troubles victims’ payment scheme – Lewis

The North’s Secretary of State has said the disagreement between the UK government and the Northern Executive over who should pay for a pension scheme(...)

In open letter to Boris Johnson, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors Judith Thompson said the legislation to set up the scheme must be implemented ‘immediately’. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
End ‘shameful stand-off’over pension for Troubles’ victims, Johnson told

The North’s victims’ commissioner has written to the UK prime minister asking for an end to the “shameful stand-off” which has delayed the introductio(...)

NI First Minister Arlene Foster said the Executive was ‘committed to delivering this pension’. Photograph: Kelvin Boyes/PressEye/PA Wire
Stormont insists Westminster should fund Troubles victims’ pensions

The North’s First Minister has insisted it is up to the UK government to fund a compensation scheme for victims of the Troubles which has been delaye(...)

Judith Thompson, commissioner for victims and survivors in Northern Ireland: ‘Their suffering increases by the day and their time is running out.’ Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
British government must pay pensions to Troubles victims, commissioner says

The Northern Ireland commissioner for victims and survivors, Judith Thompson, has called on the British government to implement a backdated pension sc(...)

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has expressed confidence that Irish people working in Britain will not be disadvantaged by changes to the British benefits system should the UK vote to remain in the European Union. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw.
Brexit: Flanagan hopes benefit changes won’t hurt Irish in Britain

Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has expressed confidence that Irish people working in Britain will not be disadvantaged by changes to th(...)

Stephen Travers, bass player, Brian Maguire, road manager, Des Lee, saxophone player and Ray Miller, drummer, of the original Miami Showband, at a wreath-laying ceremony organised by at Parnell Square, Dublin, last August. File photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Time for North’s politicians to come to grips with past

Alan McBride’s wife, Sharon was one of 10 people killed in the IRA’s bomb attacks on Frizzell’s fish shop on the Shankill Road in 1993, an explosion (...)

But the past is not just about British national security, about the military and intelligence agencies and what information will be disclosed. This process is no closer to understanding what co-operation it could expect from the IRA and the various loyalist organisations. PA
Brian Rowan: Stormont deal represents another failure to deal with the past

On the cover of the latest Stormont deal the words “A fresh start” are typed. They are meant to signal yet another new beginning, another moment when (...)