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 British government was warned today it should not interfere with a new report into controversial murders involving alleged security force collusion in Northern Ireland and the Ireland.

REPRESENTING asylum seekers in court is one of the biggest growth areas for barristers, according to the Government’s legal adviser.

A public inquiry into Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder could be a major let-down, it was claimed today.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is in talks today with the Canadian judge appointed to investigate six controversial murder cases in the North.