U.K. Risks Irish Fury With Law to Halt Troubles Prosecutions
- London plans statute of limitations barring pre-1998 cases
- Northern Ireland Secretary Lewis to make statement Wednesday
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The U.K. is preparing a new law ending prosecutions linked to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, a move that risks straining already frayed relations with Dublin.
The government plans to introduce a statute of limitations applying to all cases before 1998, the year the Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of violence in the province, according to two people familiar with the decision.