Northern Ireland

Victims tell Simon Coveney of frustration over lack of progress on legacy issues

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has met victims and survivors of the Troubles in Belfast. File picture by Hugh Russell
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has met victims and survivors of the Troubles in Belfast. File picture by Hugh Russell Tánaiste Simon Coveney has met victims and survivors of the Troubles in Belfast. File picture by Hugh Russell

VICTIMS of the Troubles have called on the Irish government to ensure that legacy provisions outlined in the 2014 Stormont House Agreement are established.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney met members of the Victims and Survivors Forum in Belfast yesterday.

They told Mr Coveney they were becoming increasingly frustrated that proposals including an independent investigations unit, a truth recovery body and an oral history archive have not been progressed.

Victims said a planned British government consultation on legacy issues should go ahead in the absence of an assembly because the legislation will be laid before MPs.

Speaking after meeting, Mr Coveney said his government "will continue to seek urgent progress on legacy issues and play its full part in establishing the Stormont House framework in a manner that will meet the legitimate needs and expectations of all victims and survivors".