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A Stormont law is so draconian in protecting sex crime suspects that the name of a prolific abuser cannot even be said in court or referred to by a judge, Belfast High Court has been told.
Sir — For more than 43 years the Stardust families sought truth and justice. For much of that time it must have seemed that the families — with grief and love in their hearts — walked alone, except for the few who stood by them.
Imagine you are driving down a dark country road on a winter evening when you are stopped by armed men blocking the road. You’re taken out of your vehicle, asked your religion, and then slaughtered — with 136 bullets fired in less than a minute.
Ever since the IRA’s historic decommissioning of weapons, the process which saw arms destroyed has been clothed in acute secrecy — but now new documents are illuminating some of the shadows.
Sometimes, governments can have good reasons to keep things from the public.