A official investigation into the biggest single act of mass murder in recent Irish history has today found no evidence that alleged British state collusion in the atrocity played a role the subsequent winding down of the Garda murder inquiry.

Gerry Adams today gave republicans the signal to break their silence and cooperate with the Robert McCartney murder inquiry.

Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan faced an open revolt from staff opposed to her decision to become involved in the Robert McCartney murder inquiry, it was revealed today.

The Lord Lucan murder inquiry has been re-opened almost 30 years after the aristocrat disappeared soon after his children’s nanny was killed, it emerged today.