The long awaited release of cash for legacy inquests may have come too late for some relatives.
Parents and loved ones have grown old or passed away as they waited to learn how their loved ones died.
The £55m pledged yesterday will be spent over the next six years.
No doubt more loved ones will go to the grave without ever hearing the truth before the planned inquest process is completed.
Some campaigners believe that continued delays are part of a tactic by the British establishment to deny access to the truth until close relatives - those who care the most - die off.
The evidence appears to support the theory some would argue.
The family of GAA official Sean Brown has attended more than 25 preliminary inquest hearings since he was abducted and shot dead by loyalists while locking up at Bellaghy Wolf Tones GAA club in May 1997.
That’s more than 25 times his dedicated family have gathered themselves together and made the same lonely journey to a coroner’s court in Belfast to hear the same tired excuses.
Other families can speak of a similar experience.
In 2016 the now retired Lord Justice Reg Weir carried out a review of legacy inquest cases.
At time he was scathing in his criticism of how the PSNI and British army have dealt with inquests.
The confidence of some state lawyers appeared to wilt when placed under the direct scrutiny of a high court judge.
It is not yet known what role if any current presiding coroner Mrs Justice Keegan will have in the forthcoming proceedings. Lord Chief Justice Declan Morgan has ultimate responsibility but it is believed he may delegate some of the cases to his most senior coroner.
Relatives will hope that the robust approach adopted by Mr Weir during his review will be repeated when full inquest hearings begin.
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