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South Wales Argus Article Rating

Irish Government praised for 'taking a stand' against UK's Legacy Act

Dec 20, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -10% Center

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Confirmation of Ireland's legal challenge to the Act has been welcomed by Amnesty International, political parties and victims of the Troubles.
59% : Earlier this year, a judicial review challenge to the Act was heard at the High Court in Belfast.
49% : " Solicitor Padraig O Muirigh, director of O Muirigh Solicitors, described the Legacy Act as "draconian legislation" and "incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)".
49% : "It also fundamentally undermines the Good Friday Agreement 1998 which placed a duty on the British Government to incorporate the ECHR into domestic law," he said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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