Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Legacy Issues: Discussion

Mr. Ciaran O'Hare:

Mr. McCord mentioned the guillotine date of 1 May, and how Mr. McCord feels about that. In the Raymond McCord Jnr. inquest, the guillotine date has effectively been brought forward because the inquest was shut down in February. That is a major bone of contention with us now because we say that the legacy Act has already come into effect in the McCord case, which we say is entirely unfair. We are in court in relation to that issue tomorrow. The guillotine date of 1 May is already having negative effects across the board. I just want to make that clear.