Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan was unaware that Special Branch officers kept files on solicitor Rosemary Nelson, the public inquiry into her murder heard today.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan is due to appear today before the public inquiry into the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson 10-years-ago.

Former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan is due to appear at the Rosemary Nelson public tribunal.

Former Northern Ireland chief constable Jack Hermon was buried today after his death in a nursing home on Thursday.

AFTER a decade the terrible emptiness and heartbreak caused by the troubles’ most appalling atrocity are as real as they were the summer’s day they were inflicted.

The father of one of the Omagh bombing victims has rejected an apology from former RUC and PSNI chief constable Ronnie Flanagan.

Former RUC and PSNI chief constable Ronnie Flanagan has publicly apologised for the first time to the families of the victims of the Omagh bombing.

FORMER police chief in the North, Ronnie Flanagan last night apologised to the families of the Omagh bomb victims for his force’s handling of the case.

The North's Policing Board is to carry out an independent review of the investigation into the Omagh bombing.

FURIOUS families of the Omagh victims rounded on the police last night following the not guilty verdict in the Omagh bomb trial.

Furious families roundly condemned the police today after the verdict in the Omagh bomb trial, which cleared accused man Sean Hoey of all charges.

Two officers are under investigation by the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland after the judge in the Omagh bombing trial claimed they had told untruths during evidence.

Serving and retired officers lost confidence in the North’s outgoing Police Ombudsman, rank-and-file members said today.

POLICE failed to properly deal with death threats made against Catholic solicitor Rosemary Nelson before she was murdered, a report revealed yesterday.

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.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams made a direct appeal to nationalists and republicans today to sign up to policing structures in the North in a bid to secure power sharing.

IT is both ludicrous and hypocritical to hear Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern call on the British government to strengthen the powers of Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan in the wake of the appalling collusion she uncovered between the security forces in the North and loyalist paramilitaries.

THE Government will push Britain to prosecute police officers who colluded with loyalist killers in the North.

Northern Chief Constable Hugh Orde will be questioned today about collusion between his officers and a gang of loyalist killers.

FORMER RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan last night resisted demands for his resignation over revelations that police in the North protected a loyalist murder gang.

Former RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan today denied having any knowledge of collusion between his officers and a murderous loyalist terror gang in Belfast when he was in charge.

The position of former RUC chief constable Ronnie Flanagan is coming under the spotlight following yesterday's report on collusion with loyalist paramilitaries.

THE British Government has ruled out calls for a public inquiry in Northern Ireland into allegations that Special Branch officers colluded in covering up murders by loyalist informers.

Green Party leader and spokesperson on the North Trevor Sargent TD has today responded to the Police Ombudsman's report into security force collusion in murders in the North in the 1990s.

The family of one of at least 10 people killed by loyalists who were working as Special Branch informers today demanded a fully independent inquiry into collusion.

The man accused of Northern Ireland’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast today.

Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims are bracing themselves for a harrowing new ordeal as the man accused of the North’s worst single terrorist atrocity goes on trial in Belfast tomorrow.

A man is to be charged with murdering the 29 people who died in the Omagh bomb atrocity, it emerged tonight.

FORMER British police officers are to be recruited to assess the criminal investigation into solicitor Rosemary Nelson’s murder in Northern Ireland, it emerged yesterday.

Part of the Omagh bomb inquiry is to be investigated by Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan, it was revealed tonight.

A harrowing film dealing with the 1998 Omagh bomb has secured distribution deals in a number of countries after picking up several awards, it emerged today.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

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Police were warned the IRA planned to bomb Newry on the same day they murdered a woman officer in the town, outside investigators have discovered.

A former senior policeman in the North has been awarded several thousand pounds compensation for discrimination against him when he sought promotion, it was announced today.

The detective heading the Omagh bomb investigation was challenged today to question a former spy who allegedly warned police a terrorist attack was planned.

Police chiefs have complained about an election advertisement they believe questioned the independence of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde, it emerged today.

The SDLP and the Ulster Unionists are involved in a furious row over policing.

Claims that gardaí failed to act on warnings before the Omagh bombing must be investigated by the Northern Ireland police ombudsman, relatives of victims said today.

The terrorists who murdered 29 people in the Omagh bombing will probably never be captured, relatives said today.

The SDLP and Sinn Féin have expressed disappointment with the North's Human Rights Commission over its attitude to the controversy surrounding its chairman, Brice Dickson.

Detectives probing the murder of Northern Ireland lawyer Rosemary Nelson wanted to charge a prominent Mid Ulster loyalist with involvement in the killing, it emerged today.

A new report into the Omagh bombing investigation to be published today may offer new hope that the killers can be brought to justice.