The Troubles

• But depending on the nature of the data leaked and the organisation, some breaches can be more serious and have greater consequences than others.
• This is certainly true of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which has accidentally published information about all its police officers and civilian personnel in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request.
• It has been reported that the spreadsheet contained approximately 345,000 pieces of data relating to every police officer.

1. Risking violence

• The most immediate problem is that the personal information of serving police officers is now potentially in the public domain.
• This raises the question of who might have accessed this information and what they might do with it.
• Today’s levels of violence in the north of Ireland are incomparable to the past but the threat of violence against serving police officers remains.
• To them, PSNI officers represent “legitimate targets” because they uphold the constitutional status quo of post-Good Friday agreement Northern Ireland.

2. Stoking community tensions

• Anyone from this background within the PSNI is unlikely to tell anyone beyond their closest family and friends what their job is.
• This is partly because of the security threat but also because of the problematic relationship their community had with the PSNI’s predecessor force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

3. Reviving unresolved grievances

• The force passed the personal details of nationalists to state agents within loyalist groups, who are accused of then murdering them.
• This remains at the core of grievances over state collusion during the Troubles.

• Attention will once again turn to the Troubles and its legacy.
• It was the job of the Northern Ireland health service to treat the wounded while continuing to provide healthcare for all the other medical needs of the population.
• In my research for an upcoming book, I interviewed former healthcare workers who lived and worked during the Troubles.
• In Northern Ireland, the Troubles affected hospitals and other community services.

Medical progress through trauma

• The Troubles resulted in many injuries which medical staff had little or no experience of dealing with.
• Major incidents had a huge emotional impact and brought new medical challenges.
• These experiences led to lifesaving new medical innovations.

Mental health

• One of the most significant legacies from the Troubles was the impact on mental health.
• Northern Ireland has the highest level of poor mental health in the UK.
• Then there is the challenge of younger generations “inheriting” poor mental health, through the effects on parenting and the environment they grow up in.
• However, there continue to be concerns about the funding and availability of mental health services.
• Overall, my research revealed that the health service in Northern Ireland was hugely affected by the conflict, chiefly the damaging effect of the bloody violence on the mental health of medical workers as well as the general population.

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• The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee will hear from the Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association and from representatives of veterans campaign groups as it continues its inquiry into the Governments new proposals to address the legacy of the Troubles.
• The Committee is likely to explore:
  each groups assessment of the Governments new proposals to deal with the legacy of the Troubles;
  the potential merits and demerits of the previous proposals set out in the Stormont House Agreement.
• The evidence from this session will be used as part of the Committees Legacy Inquiry as it draws on the views and experiences of as wide a range of groups as possible.
• Raymond White, Chairman, Northern Ireland Retired Police Officers Association;
  Paul Young, Senior Policy Advisor, Justice for Northern Ireland Veterans Original;
  Gavin (Harry) Wragg, Rolling Thunder for Soldier F.
  Watch live and on demand at Parliament TV.