Seanad debates

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

11:00 am

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

——whether that is British Army personnel, an innocent civilian on the streets of Derry or somebody who was involved in armed activity from any of the other armed groups. There can be no hierarchy of victims. Each father, each mother, each son and each daughter all grieve the same. To take this process on instead of only reflecting on the findings of the Saville report, which needs to be done, we need to look at how we bring justice to all others and how they find the truth also. We know of the Ballymurphy massacre where 11 persons were killed by the same paratroopers. We know of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson and the Bloody Sunday inquiry. I welcome the statements made in the House of Commons by the British Prime Minister Cameron, but let there be no doubt that if it was not for the families' 38 years of labouring for justice, we would not have got to that point. We need a truly transparent independent international inquiry.

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