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TUV leader Jim Allister says Operation Kenova is a failure by Jon Boutcher's own standard, citing seven years, £40m and no prosecutions, and says the report fails to name Stakeknife. He rejects any equivalence between IRA killers and informer handlers, and says Kenova's attempt to share blame aids…
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DUP MP Carla Lockhart challenges Sinn Féin's leadership to give a full, direct and unequivocal apology to the families of victims of the IRA's internal security unit, following the Operation Kenova Interim Report. She says O'Neill's expression of sorrow for lives lost falls short.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Kenova interim report on Stakeknife recommendations Original release: Sinn Fein’s IRA “apology” exposed (opens in a new tab)
UUP Justice Spokesperson Doug Beattie MC MLA responds to the Operation Kenova report, saying Stakeknife was first a PIRA member and that British security services failed to control him. He also addresses Operation Denton's findings on the Glennane Gang and says the report found no systemic state…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Publication of Operation Kenova Final Report and related reports Original release: Operation Kenova Exposes Brutal Reality Of Stakeknife And PIRA Leadership (opens in a new tab)
Green Party Deputy Leader Lesley Veronica welcomes the Kenova report into the Stakeknife case, praising its depth and the professionalism of the operation led by Jon Boutcher. She says no one has yet been held to account for the murders it reveals and calls for the families affected to be given…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: Kenova Report publication on Stormont-era conflict killings Original release: Green Party Deputy Leader, Lesley Veronica welcomes release of the Kenova report (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP says the Operation Kenova interim report on agent Stakeknife exposes abductions, torture and murders by the IRA Internal Security Unit, and calls for specific apologies from the Republican Movement and British Government. He also calls for prosecutions and repeal of…
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: PPS no-prosecution decision in Operation Kenova Original release: SDLP Leader response to Operation Kenova Interim Report (opens in a new tab)
DUP Legacy spokesperson and Lagan Valley MLA Emma Little Pengelly says families will be disappointed that several people investigated over IRA murders in Operation Kenova will not be prosecuted. She says justice is denied and argues the operation shows widespread security service infiltration of…
Justice and policing Community relations and legacy Issue: Operation Kenova prosecution decisions on IRA murder investigations Original release: Disappointment at prosecution decisions from Operation Kenova (opens in a new tab)
UUP MLA Mike Nesbitt responds to the interim Operation Kenova report, saying it will take time to consider in detail and that it highlights victims who never saw such investigation. He argues lessons must not be lost through statistics and says PIRA's internal security unit murders were brutal.
Community relations and legacy Justice and policing Issue: PPS no-prosecution decision in Operation Kenova Original release: Ulster Unionist Party comment on publication of interim Operation Kenova report (opens in a new tab)