A public inquiry is to be held into allegations of collusion between members of the gardaí and the IRA killers of two RUC officers, based on the Cory Report, the Government confirmed today.

Two reports probing allegations of collusion between Irish security forces and IRA killers are to due to be published today.

Two reports probing allegations of collusion between security forces and sectarian murders are to be published tomorrow, it was confirmed tonight.

Relatives of those killed in some of Northern Ireland’s most controversial murders have met the judge who will probe the cases, it emerged today.

Solicitor Pat Finucane would be alive today if members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary had not encouraged loyalists to shoot him, a top loyalist has claimed.