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CHAIRPERSON APPOINTED TO KENNEALLY ABUSE INQUIRY

Retired Circuit Judge Barry Hickson has been appointed to Chair the Commission of Investigation into the systemic failings by the State in relation to the paedophile Bill Kenneally.  Kenneally pleaded guilty to abusing ten boys in the 1980s in Waterford.   Kenneally pleaded guilty and was sentenced in February 2015 after abusing teenage boys in […]

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THE BIRMINGHAM PUB BOMBINGS 1974

KRW LAW LLP now represent ten of the families of the victims of the Birmingham Pub Bombings 1974 (BPB74).   KRW and Counsel have been proud to have been instructed by those families and to act pro bono on their behalf since 2014.   On Wednesday 31st May in Birmingham there will be a further […]

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The Stormont House Agreement and Dealing with the Past

INTRODUCTION   Since the Good Friday Agreement there has been momentous political change resulting in relative political stability.  One of the key components of the 1998 Peace Agreement was the establishment of measures to deal with the legacy of the Conflict.  Central to what could be loosely described as “Legacy Negotiations” was the agreement by […]

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