“That’s a cop-out..”

On Sunday, while some paraded, and others protested, the families of those abducted, murdered, and secretly buried by the Provisional IRA and others held a small service at Stormont. In the Northern Ireland Assembly today MLAs debated a motion calling on any individual or organisation with information to bring it forward. During the debate the DUP’s Nelson McCausland outlined his view of Gerry Adams’ role in the disappearances – “human rights violation[s]” for which immunity was sought, and granted, during The Process™ – a role which Adams denied [see below the fold]. Back in the Stormont Live studio SDLP MLA Dominic Bradley and Ann Morgan, sister of Seamus Ruddy, gave their views on the debate.

The DUP’s Nelson McCausland and Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams in the Northern Ireland Assembly – with an attempted point of order from SF’s John O’Dowd.

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