Controversial plans to ban all prosecutions relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland would also cover unsolved IRA attacks on the British mainland, it has emerged. But it has now emerged the amnesty would also apply to incidents outside of Northern Ireland, such as the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings, which killed 21 people. However, this did not apply to those convicted of attacks on the UK mainland. The Government is yet to spell out firm details of the leaked proposals aimed at helping to draw a line under the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland. In November, a 65-year-old man was arrested by counter-terror police at his home in Belfast in connection with the Birmingham attacks.

Source: Daily Mail May 09, 2021 23:22 UTC