The Tanaiste (deputy prime minister of Ireland) Simon Harris, and the Northern Ireland Secretary, Hilary Benn, answer questions at Hillsborough Castle on Friday September 19 2025 about their new legacy deal. Video taken by Belfast News Letter editor Ben Lowry #PoliticalDebate #IrishPolitics #LegacyFramework #PeaceProcess #NorthernIreland
00:00Trying to fix legacy is hard and I would echo what the Thomas just said, please read the document because there is nothing in it. These are sovereign commitments and two sovereign governments that we'll take forward in our own legislatures.
00:16There's nothing in this document that justifies some of the things that have been said about it. This is a partnership to try and make progress. On your second question, well, for people who are getting older, many of the family members I have met, in their 70s, their 80s, their 90s, time is not on their side and if we don't do this now, then they may never get the answers that they have been searching for and that is why
00:46now is the right time and why I hope that everyone, having considered it, will say, let's give it a go.
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