Northern Ireland
Dail Éireann — 2025-11-27
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

The family of Michael Leonard have now waited more than 50 years for the truth about how Michael was killed by the RUC on the Donegal-Fermanagh border in 1973. New evidence contradicts the original account and raises serious questions. We now have a change of landscape in Britain. The old legacy Act is being dismantled and new legacy structures are being put in place. In light of these developments, has the Minister raised Michael Leonard's case with the British Government or does she intend to raise it in a timely fashion?

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Sitting date: 2025-11-27