The UK government announced Friday it would replace controversial legislation designed to draw a line under issues stemming from three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, paving the way for investigations into killings to restart.

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 came into force last year under the UK’s previous Conservative government, halting any inquests, civil cases and criminal prosecutions linked to the “Troubles”.

The act, which Dublin sued London over, was aimed at promoting reconciliation, almost 30 years after the violence that claimed more than 3,600 lives ended with the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

But it was fiercely criticised by victims and bereaved families who said it denied them justice because it offered conditional immunity to

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