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Patrick Murphy: Burying the truth with the past

Families protest outside the Northern Ireland Office in Belfast city centre against the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill passing through parliament. Picture by Mal McCann
Patrick Murphy
There are two ways of dealing with the past. We can unearth it and learn from it, or we can bury it. The British government’s legacy bill on the Troubles, which is currently going through par[...]

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