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.

The legacy of the Troubles can only be settled if justice is delivered in controversial murders such as the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane, his widow said today.

An international campaign was launched today to press the British government for a fully independent inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

PRESSURE is mounting on the British Government to announce a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane following his killer’s guilty plea.

The UK Director of Public Prosecutions must not be allowed to duck a European Court ruling that his office breached the human rights of the family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane, the SDLP warned tonight.