 In 1990, Taoiseach Charles Haughey assured the youths' families and Nugent that new evidence would be considered.In 1993, the government announced a new law to enable this to happen and, in 2001, the case was declared a miscarriage of justice.In 1988, Nugent co-founded the New Consensus peace group with his partner Anne Holliday and Michael Fitzpatrick.