There have been angry exchanges between victims' relatives at the launch of a report on the legacy of the Troubles.
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Protestors, including hardline Unionist MEP Jim Allister, held placards condemning the authors of the report for recommending a £12,000 payment to the families of all victims, including dead paramilitaries.
The heated exchanges took place as dignitaries and hundreds of relatives gathered for the launch of the report in Belfast's Europa Hotel.
The start of the event was delayed by around 15 minutes as bereaved relatives stood pointing fingers at one another and traded accusations over the deaths of their loved ones.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, who was sitting in the hall, was among those targeted by the protestors, who shouted abuse at a number of those gathered.
The Consultative Group on the Past, which is led by former Church of Ireland Primate Lord Robin Eames and former vice chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board Denis Bradley, published its proposals after order was restored.
In the report Mr Eames and Mr Bradley suggest that groups involved in the Troubles could apologise for their role and pledge never to use violence again as part of an ambitious five-year reconciliation plan.
The 190-page report, compiled after 18 months of consultation, makes more than 30 recommendations which will now go to the British government for consideration.
The independent body has produced what it says is a blueprint to heal a society still divided.
The plan aims to investigate thousands of murders, search for the truth behind controversial episodes, tackle sectarianism and put agreed remembrance ceremonies in place after five years.
£12,000 payment
The most controversial recommendation, however, is the £12,000 payment to families of all victims.
Earlier, Mr Eames and Mr Bradley said the offer was modelled on a similar Department of Justice grant to over 300 people in the Republic, and was not about compensation but recognition of the pain suffered by the bereaved.
In response to a query, the Department confirmed that a Remembrance Commission established by the Government in 2004 had made payments to the families of paramilitaries but gave no details of amounts or the number of recipients.
Mr Bradley rejected criticism from the DUP Leader and First Minister Peter Robinson who told the Northern Secretary that the payment proposal was offensive and had irreparably damaged the report.
Mr Bradley said the proposed grant did not undermine their report and people should read it.
He said the proposed Legacy Commission, which would run for five years, would provide a way of moving out of conflict.
The report's authors had access to sensitive security material and raised concerns over collusion between security forces and loyalist groups and revealed that the number of agents recruited by the intelligence services was much higher than ever suspected.
