THE family of a murdered Donegal councillor yesterday renewed calls for an independent public inquiry — 15 years after the killing by loyalist paramilitaries.

Pat Finucane’s murder was one of the most notorious killings in Northern Ireland’s bloody history.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy deliberately misled the British parliament when delaying a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Belfast High Court heard today.

Police in Northern Ireland are continuing to question a 40-year-old man who was arrested in Britain yesterday in connection with the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

An IRA informer who claimed he was threatened by the alleged British agent codenamed Stakeknife was questioned today by the team of British detectives investigating collusion allegations in Northern Ireland.

FRESH claims that the RUC colluded in a triple murder at a Belfast graveyard have sparked further calls for a full public inquiry into the North’s dirty war.

Sinn Fein today blamed British intelligence for leaking the name of a republican identified as a top IRA informer.

British police investigating the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane have arrested a 39-year-old man in west Belfast.

A fresh judicial investigation into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane will be held in the New Year, the British government said tonight.