Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)

I will also raise the issue of an investigation in respect of Sean Brown. All of us in this Chamber have talked about what the GAA means to us. Sean Brown was murdered in large part because he was a GAA member and official. On the day he was abducted by loyalists, he was simply closing the gates of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club in Derry. I welcome the Tánaiste's meeting with the family of Sean Brown. I believe he gave the family great confidence that action will be taken. I also welcome the Taoiseach's words on this matter in recent times. At a recent meeting with the British in Liverpool, it was articulated that there would be a reset of relationships between this State and Britain. The latter holds an enormous amount of documentation, evidence and facts relating to the killing of hundreds of Irish people through or by British forces in Ireland. If that relationship is to be reset, now may be the time to look for a significant delivery of such information to public inquiries so that people can get to the truth. Will the Taoiseach also tell us the status of the interstate case relating to the legacy Act?

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