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Tributes after death of remarkable lady whose son was killed by UDA

Alf McCreary: Joan Wilson was a brave and noble voice for all that is good

When the no-warning IRA bomb exploded at the Enniskillen Cenotaph on November 8 1987, it shattered countless lives in an instant.

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Libyan weapons: IRA victims abandoned over compensation report delay

BBC News By Julian O Neill Published image captionMuammar Gaddafi supplied weapons, including Semtex explosives, to the IRA during the Troubles The government is facing a new call to release a report on compensation for victims of IRA attacks in which weapons supplied by Libya were used. It has, so far, not published the report it received in May 2020. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh has said an intolerable delay has left victims feeling abandoned . The Labour MP said the report, authored by government-appointee William Shawcross, should be released urgently. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has previously warned it could use powers to compel the government to make it public.

Rising pressure on government to publish report on compensation for victims of Libya-IRA bombings

Rising pressure on government to publish report on compensation for victims of Libya-IRA bombings Philip Bradfield © The aftermath of the IRA bomb at Harrods department store in London in which six people were murdere. The government has so far refused to publish the report, which it appointed William Shawcross to write. He submitted it to government in May 2020. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Louise Haigh has said an “intolerable delay” in publication has left victims “feeling abandoned”. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee has warned it may force the government to publish the document. Victims of semtex supplied to the IRA have been campaigning for the UK government to press Libya to compensate them in line with sums it paid to French, German and US victims of terror attacks it carried out.

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