Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This evening at 9.30 p.m. on RTÉ, a programme will be aired that shows incontrovertible evidence that the British state colluded with the killings of hundreds of Irish citizens. It shows in particular the Glenanne gang, some of whom were also members of the security forces. I have spoken to people on the Relatives for Justice committee and they said that the citizens of the North feel abandoned. All the families are asking for is truth and justice with dignity. They are suggesting that the Irish Government needs to do more than just issue statements. They are asking for a visible presence of this State in the North to do much more on legacy issues. They are saying the issue cannot be seen through the prism of party politics. It has to be a human rights issue.

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