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.

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and its Irish counterpart today called for the appointment of a top judge to examine the need for a cross-border public inquiry into the Omagh bombing.

The family of Patrick Finucane made a fresh appeal today to judges around the world not to sit on the public inquiry into the murder of the Belfast solicitor.

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 family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane today held a first-ever meeting with Democratic Unionist Party leader the Rev Ian Paisley.

THE father of Billy Wright, the loyalist terror boss shot dead in the Maze Prison, was yesterday meeting lawyers to decide whether to co-operate with the public inquiry into his son’s death.

THE world stooped to a new level of brutality last year with increasingly shocking acts of terrorism, Amnesty International said yesterday.

THE son of the first garda to be killed in the Troubles has expressed frustration following a meeting with a veteran republican linked to the gang that killed his father.

British government legislation for the inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane could be used to suppress facts in a tribunal into allegations of British army bullying in Deepcut Barracks, Lords in the UK were warned today.

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 widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane is taking court action today in a bid to force the British government into holding an immediate inquiry into her husband’s killing.

Tony Blair will be put under fresh pressure today to hold an immediate public inquiry into the loyalist murder over 15 years ago of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today pulled the plug on a planned meeting with the SDLP.

Canadian judge Peter Cory today reiterated his call for a public inquiry to be held into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

The British government today flew in the face of Judge Peter Cory’s recommendations in its decision to postpone the public inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane until after court action is completed.

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.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane launched new court action against the British government today in a bid to force it to set up a public inquiry immediately into the killing.

The British government was being taken to the Northern Ireland High Court today in a bid to force it to publish a report into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane 15 years ago.

TWO reports into highly sensitive allegations that rogue elements within the gardaí conspired with the IRA to kill a judge, his wife and two senior RUC officers will be handed to the Taoiseach later today.

A British agent at the centre of alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers died of natural causes in Cardiff, it was revealed today.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair was explicit about the assurances that the IRA have to give if The Good Friday Agreement is to progress at this stage.

NOTWITHSTANDING the hype, the latest report of Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens may be short on specifics, but it is still a damning indictment of the British authorities.

ROGUE elements in the security forces were involved in a deadly plot with loyalist paramilitaries to carry out a series of sectarian murders in the North, the Stevens Report confirmed yesterday.

James Stevens' report into collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries in the North faced obstruction and lack of cooperation in some quarters, Mr Stevens said today.

The family of murdered Belfast solicitor, Pat Finucane, has welcomed a UN recommendation that the British government initiate an immediate public inquiry into the shooting.

British security forces colluded with loyalist paramilitaries to murder a Belfast lawyer, the head of Northern Ireland’s Human Rights Commission said today.

In a letter sent to the Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid today, a human rights organisation urged the British government to allow another force to investigate the killing of William Stobie.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair needs to take brave steps to investigate accusations of collusion between the British state, its security forces and paramilitaries in the killing of nationalists in Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams said today.

A fresh judicial investigation into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane will be held in the New Year, the British government said tonight.

Self-confessed police informer William Stobie is to stand trial later this year for his alleged role in the murder more than a decade ago of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane.

The IRA must begin destroying its weapons before there can be any further reforms on policing or moves to demolish army watchtowers, a hardline unionist insisted tonight.

European judges will rule today on whether the Government was guilty of violating the human rights of IRA members shot dead in Northern Ireland by British troops and the RUC.

A medical examination of the key witness in the case against a man charged in connection with the murder of Catholic solicitor Patrick Finucane is likely to determine whether the trial will go ahead.