On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britain’s Legacy Act is making things worse | Fintan O'Toole

Keir Starmer has promised to revisit this contentious law. When that happens, he needs to do three thingsFifty years ago, on 17 May 1974, my father, a bus conductor, was out on strike. That day, the Troubles arrived with a vengeance in my home town of Dublin. Three bombs exploded at different points in the city centre during rush hour. Because the buses were not operating, there were more people walking along those streets than usual. Twenty-three of them were killed and another three later succ