The British Prime Minister's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was morally and legally indefensible, a court has been told.

The Irish Government should trawl its documents archive to support the family of a solicitor murdered by Northern Ireland loyalists with state support, it was claimed.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has said the family of Pat Finucane is entitled to know the full truth about his murder.

The "clamour" surrounding the investigation into the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane is not going to fade away when the current headlines are replaced, it has been claimed.

The Irish Government has vowed to continue to pressure a reluctant Britain for a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Matt Baggott is to discuss the de Silva report with the Police Ombudsman and the Public Prosecution Service to see if more people should be held to account for the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today dismissed the report into his death by Desmond de Silva as "a sham... a whitewash... a confidence trick", telling a London press conference: "This report is not the truth."

The mother of the so-called forgotten victim in the Pat Finucane collusion scandal has spoken of the need for the murdered solicitor’s wife to move on with her life.

The murder of Pat Finucane was "an appalling crime", British Prime Minister David Cameron told the House of Commons today.

A pistol used in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was handed back to the British Army by the RUC, previously unpublished papers show.

A mural to commemorate the continuing legacy of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has been unveiled just days before a report into his death is published.

The British government should open an inquiry into the 1989 murder of Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane, the opposition Labour Party said today.

The family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has accused the British government of stalling on a decision to hold a public inquiry into one of the most infamous killings of the Troubles.

The British government is set to make a final decision on whether to hold a public inquiry into security force links to the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane in the North, it was announced today.

Civil and human rights campaigners from Britain, Ireland and the USA will gather at Trinity College in Dublin today for a memorial conference marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The US government has called on the British government to hold an independent public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The Canadian judge who investigated the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has again criticised the British government's planned inquiry into the 1989 killing.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane today held a first-ever meeting with Democratic Unionist Party leader the Rev Ian Paisley.

The family of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is holding talks with the Rev Ian Paisley today over proposals for an inquiry into one of the most controversial murders of the Troubles.

Relatives of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane are due to meet the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin today as part of their campaign for a fully independent inquiry into the 1989 killing.

The man convicted last year of murdering Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has moved a step closer to being freed under the Good Friday Agreement after he was moved to a prison in the North.

New legislation for an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane could be used to suppress the truth in all future public inquiries, it was claimed today.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has ruled out participating in the British government's inquiry into his killing in 1989.

MPs will be urged in Westminster today to oppose legislation affecting an inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today threatened to boycott an inquiry into his death after meeting Tony Blair.

Tony Blair will face criticism today from the family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane over the handling of an inquiry into his killing.

A British government-sanctioned inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane was criticised tonight by the solicitor’s family after it emerged it would mostly be held in private.

The British government today gave the go-ahead for a judicial inquiry into the controversial 1989 murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

The British government was warned today that an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane must be held in public.

Loyalist Ken Barrett has been sentenced to 22 years for the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

A loyalist assassin-turned police informer who admitted gunning down Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane could be back on the streets within months, it emerged tonight.

The Pat Finucane murder case, in which former police informer Ken Barrett today pleaded guilty, has been adjourned until Friday when Barrett's defence lawyer Arthur Harvey QC will make his submissions.

The British government was under pressure today to press ahead with establishing a public inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane following the guilty plea by former police informer Ken Barrett.

The dirty war British intelligence waged against the IRA sank to its murkiest depths with Pat Finucane’s assassination.

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

Ken Barrett - who today pleased guilty to the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane - just nodded when asked to confirm his identity in court today, but when a series of charges, including Mr Finucane’s murder, were put to him, he replied quietly: “Guilty.”

A former police special branch informer today admitted the murder of prominent Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

An alleged loyalist hitman is going on trial today for the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has claimed that British Prime Minister Tony Blair knows that the RUC and British army colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in the North.

The widow of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane has secured leave to seek a judicial review of the British government’s refusal to publish the Cory Report into his murder.

Relatives of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane are due to begin legal action today in an effort to force the British government to publish further details of the Cory Report into his murder.

Sinn Fein national chairman Mitchel McLaughlin said the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights made the case for a full independent inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder even stronger.

The investigation into the murder of Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane was a breach of human rights, a court ruled this afternoon.