get to the bottom

“And I think that there’s a way in which we can kind of sublimate our own stuff by feeling like, ‘If I can just get to the bottom of why that guy or that person did that thing, maybe I could uncover some universal human truth and I could make sure that I never found myself in a situation like that again.’”

"I felt as though I needed to do it because I want to help get to the bottom of it," she says.

They’re trying to get to the bottom of a couple of mysteries — who burned down a house, and something illegal that happened in Ohio — which might or might not end in the family’s deportation.

“Unfortunately, because of the repeated claims of confidentiality, it’s very difficult to get to the bottom of the matter, although I think we came close.”

BBC News NI has been examining the 79-page consultation to try to get to the bottom of some of the claims.