Tony Blair may be summoned to parliament over IRA deal

Committee wants to quiz former prime minister over ‘comfort letters’

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Tony Blair may be summoned before parliament to face questioning about a secret deal he made with Sinn Fein to assure IRA suspects “on the run” that they were not wanted by the police, says the Sunday Telegraph.

Almost 200 IRA terrorism suspects were told, in so-called “comfort letters”, that they were not wanted by police. Blair’s role in the controversial agreement is under the microscope.

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