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Source: Irish Times

11/26/2021

Can an Official Government Account of Northern Ireland's Troubles be Credible?

"What is needed is not “official” history, but a decision to properly open sensitive archival material to facilitate the writing of evidence-based history. The political will to facilitate that is highly unlikely to materialise."