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.

The decision to withhold a police report on security force collusion in paramilitary murders could be challenged in court, it was revealed today.

The British government was accused tonight of a scandalous cover-up after a decision not to prosecute police officers or soldiers in connection with the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

No police officers or soldiers are to be charged after a major investigation into collusion with loyalist paramilitaries involved in the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, it was revealed today.

An inquiry into the death of a Catholic man battered to death by a loyalist mob in Northern Ireland was today delayed after police witnesses were given the go-ahead to seek anonymity.

The British government is protecting its security forces by not allowing a fully independent inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

A retired police officer who helped to convict the murderer of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has criticised the man’s release under the Good Friday Agreement.

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

Members of the Dáil are to debate a motion calling for the establishment by the British government of a proper inquiry into the murder of a Belfast solicitor.

The full truth about the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane may never be revealed under the terms of a British government inquiry set up to examine the assassination, Canadian Judge Peter Cory claimed tonight.

Nearly €13m has been spent on the latest police inquiry into Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane’s murder, it was revealed tonight.

The British government’s inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane must be transparent and have the necessary power to publish the full truth, it was warned tonight.

The killer of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane expects to be freed by May, it emerged tonight.

A loyalist hitman who murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane is planning a new legal fight to be released within months, it emerged today.

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.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane tonight ruled out taking part in the British government’s inquiry into his controversial killing if legislation setting it up remained the same.

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 yesterday threatened to boycott an inquiry into his death after meeting British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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.

BRITISH ministers were urged yesterday to get to the truth about the controversial murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The British Prime Minister was today accused of hypocrisy for refusing to negotiate the freedom of hostage Kenneth Bigley.

A BRITISH Government-sanctioned inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane was criticised last night 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 yesterday that an inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane must be held in public.

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.

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.

KEN BARRETT murdered enough victims in an ice-cold sectarian killing spree to rival Britain’s most notorious serial killers, it was claimed yesterday.

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.

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.

THE British Government tried to pressurise its top police officer in a bid to halt a public inquiry into the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a court heard yesterday.

The British government tried to pressurise the UK’s top police officer in a bid to halt a public inquiry into the assassination of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, a court heard today.

NORTHERN Secretary Paul Murphy deliberately misled parliament when delaying a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Belfast High Court heard yesterday.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy deliberately misled the British parliament when delaying a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Belfast High Court heard today.