A South Derry man who was said by his solicitor to have “buried his head in the sand” after leaving home, was given a three-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Dungannon Magistrates Court on Friday for driving while disqualified.
Relatives of those killed in the bombings of Dublin, Monaghan and Castleblayney joined a protest against what has been dubbed the Bill of Shame at the British Embassy in Dublin on 28 June.
Sir Declan Morgan, the current Lord Chief Justice, wisely put forward a five-year plan to systematically deal with inquests arising out of killings during the Troubles. To their credit, the Government accepted the scheme and provided substantial finance for it.
The Chief Justice set up a unit, whereby 56 of these legacy inquests, dealing with controversial and hugely tragic killings, would be examined systematically by senior judges.
This will go some distance in addressing outstanding legacy cases.
The first legacy inquest case arising out of this scheme was that of Patrick McElhone and the findings of the Coroner, Mrs Justice Keegan QC, were delivered last week.