The Irish Government has vowed to continue to pressure a reluctant Britain for a public inquiry into 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."

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny has ruled out accepting an EU-backed transaction tax on Irish financial services unless the levy is introduced in Britain and other states.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson today defended the British government’s decision on a review into the Pat Finucane murder.

THE British government cannot be forced into launching a full inquiry into the 1989 killing of solicitor Pat Finucane, Enda Kenny has said.

The Government has pledged to support the family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane after British Prime Minister David Cameron refused to grant an official inquiry into his death.

The widow of murdered Northern Ireland solicitor Pat Finucane said today she felt “angry” and “insulted” after David Cameron told her he was proposing a QC-led review of her husband’s case.

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 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.

The British government put on hold 18 months ago preparations for a public inquiry into the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, it emerged today.

The loyalist who admitted shooting Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane dead was secretly released from jail early this morning and has already left the North.

THE Dáil united last night to condemn the refusal of the British government to hold a full public inquiry into allegations of collusion surrounding the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.

THE family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane yesterday continued to hold out hope for Ian Paisley’s support in their campaign for a full independent inquiry into the killing.

THE Government last night promised the family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane it would not move one iota from its support for a full independent inquiry into his killing.

The widow and family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane are to meet Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern today to raise concerns over the format of an inquiry into the killing.

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has written to all senior judges in Britain urging them not to sit on an inquiry into her husband’s killing, she revealed today.

US PRESIDENT George W Bush is to raise the issue of a full public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at an early date.

THE family of murdered father-of-two Robert McCartney is to meet US senator Hillary Clinton in Washington this week to step up political pressure on Sinn Féin and the IRA to force his killers into court.

Tony Blair was today urged to reveal the entire truth of the extent of collusion between British agents and loyalist paramilitaries.

The widow of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today accused the British government of condoning state killings by refusing to establish a public inquiry into her husband’s murder.

FOREIGN Minister Brian Cowen said yesterday he was very disappointed the British Government was delaying a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

CORY: INQUIRIES MAY NOT BEGIN UNTIL AUTUMN

The widow of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane today accused the British government of delaying tactics in its refusal to establish a public inquiry into her husband’s murder.

THE go-ahead was given yesterday for the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane to challenge the British Government’s failure to set up a public inquiry into the killing.

The go-ahead was given today for the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane to challenge the UK government’s failure to set up a public inquiry into the killing.

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.

THE verdict of the European Court of Human Rights in the case brought against Britain

The European Court of Human Rights is due to issue its ruling today in a case taken by the widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is under pressure to honour a promise to hold a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has described the Irish and British governments’ attempt to investigate the killing as a deliberate tactic to delay the emergence of the truth.

Relatives of murdered Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane have rejected a British Government offer of £10,000 (€16,200) for them to drop their European court action seeking a public inquiry into the 1989 killing.

The widow of murdered Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane has accused the Irish and British Governments of delaying the appointment of an international judge to investigate the killing.

The families of murdered Northern Ireland human rights lawyers Rosemary Nelson and Pat Finucane today attacked proposals to appoint an international judge to investigate the killings.