A garda could give evidence on what the force knows about the Kingsmill shooting via a court in the Republic of Ireland, the foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney said.

An ongoing failure by the gardaí to disclose its files on the massacre of 10 workmen in Armagh, despite a pledge by the Taoiseach, borderson disgraceful, Belfast Coroner’s Court has heard.

The sole survivor and victims of the IRA Kingsmill massacre are just as important as all other victims of the Troubles, the Taoiseach has insisted.