Relatives of 11 people killed by the British Army in disputed circumstances will meet TDs today as they step up the campaign to have their names cleared.

Survivors of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings today backed moves towards an independent truth commission into the North's recent conflict.

A truth commission to examine the bloody legacy of the Troubles in the North must not follow South Africa’s ’confrontational’ model, victims’ groups said today.

Top secret reports into allegations the security forces operated a shoot-to-kill policy in the North more than two decades ago are finally to be opened to the North's chief coroner, it was revealed today.

Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan will reveal today the findings from her probe into the first fatal shooting by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Three groups representing victims of the Troubles have rejected the British government's consultative panel on how to deal with the past.

The director of a victims' group in the North has been threatened by loyalists.

The relatives of four people murdered after alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in the North are suing the police.

Sinn Féin is to hold a conference on collusion to step up political pressure on the British government to establish public inquiries, it emerged today.

IN 1995, Relatives For Justice (RFJ) — a group formed by people who had loved ones killed directly or indirectly by the British state — published a 57-page pamphlet entitled ‘Collusion’.

THE British Government has ruled out calls for a public inquiry in Northern Ireland into allegations that Special Branch officers colluded in covering up murders by loyalist informers.

The family of one of at least 10 people killed by loyalists who were working as Special Branch informers today demanded a fully independent inquiry into collusion.

Phone-tap evidence that could have seen scores of terrorists convicted in the North should be allowed, a human rights group said today.

The Government today faced calls from a unionist MEP for an inquiry into collusion between members of the Gardaí and the IRA during the Troubles.

MEPs were today urged to send a cross-party delegation to Northern Ireland to look into collusion between members of the security forces and loyalist paramilitary gangs.

A top United Nations inspector will travel to Northern Ireland later this year to probe allegations that the Army operated a shoot-to-kill policy towards IRA men, it was claimed tonight.

United Nations inspectors were today urged to visit Northern Ireland in a new bid to prove allegations that the Army operated a shoot-to-kill policy during two ambushes on IRA men.

As police chief John Stevens arrived at a Belfast city centre hotel to publish a report into collusion between the security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland, he was met by angry relatives of some of those murdered and injured by loyalist gangs.

A spokesman for Relatives for Justice, which represents people whose relatives were murdered by loyalists has demanded a public inquiry into their deaths.

Prime Minister Tony Blair tonight accused dissident republicans who attempted to murder two police officers of attacking the future of Northern Ireland.

More than 100 people who believe their relatives were killed by loyalists in collusion with the British security services have met in Belfast to demand a full public inquiry into the killings.

The families of shot IRA men who were awarded stg£10,000 by the European Court of Human Rights this morning have now called for the RUC and British army soldiers involved in the shootings to be charged with murder.