Public inquiries into key Troubles events may be the gold standard. But are they any more likely to produce results unless the authorities come clean?

The Omagh Bomb We have three categories of legacy case in the News apparently unable to advance, just as there hundreds of other cases not even contemplated for attention : the 26 outstanding in Kenova not linked to Stakeknife ; the Disappeared said to be outside the formal Disappeared process ; and the Springhill inquests. Although subject to different legal treatment, they have in common the welter of detail even in the absence of conclusive evidence, the demand for answers and ......