Sinn Féin is to hold a conference on collusion to step up political pressure on the British government to establish public inquiries, it emerged today.

A senior garda officer was today appointed to re-examine the investigation into the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago.

THE family of sectarian murder victim Seamus Ludlow last night expressed anger that a long-awaited probe by TDs failed to end the “cover-up” surrounding the killing.

A commission of inquiry should be set up into the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago, an Oireachtas Committee recommended today.

The Oireachtas justice committee is due to publish a report today on the murder of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow by loyalist paramilitaries 30 years ago.

A judge today vowed to do all in his power to ensure witnesses from Britain and Northern Ireland attend his investigation into the IRA murder of two RUC officers.

THE family of a murdered Dundalk forestry worker murdered by a loyalist sectarian gang say they have given up hope of his killers being brought to justice.

The family of a murdered Dundalk forestry worker have given up hope of his killers ever being brought to justice, it emerged today.

THE decision not to interview four key suspects in the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago was probably political, a judge said yesterday.

The decision not to interview four key suspects in the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago was probably political, a judge said today.

The coroner for Dublin city and county has told the Oireachtas Justice Committee it was extraordinary that the family of Seamus Ludlow were not notified of the inquest into his death until 45 minutes before it began.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell yesterday apologised to the family of Seamus Ludlow for the State’s handling of his murder investigation.

Gardaí may have covered-up the murder of a Dundalk forestry worker 30 years ago because of his killers’ links with British military intelligence, an Oireachtas committee heard today.

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has apologised to the family of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow for their treatment by the State.

FEAR stalked the Border area and bodies were regularly dumped along roadsides in the mid-1970s, an Oireachtas all-party body heard yesterday.

Fear stalked the Border area and bodies were regularly dumped along roadsides in the mid 1970s, an Oireachtas all-party body heard today.

THE family of murdered Dundalk forestry worker Seamus Ludlow yesterday repeated demands for an independent public inquiry into the death.

The family of murdered Dundalk forestry worker Seamus Ludlow today repeated demands for an independent public inquiry into the death.

THE Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, continues to refuse access to Garda files to the families of the victims of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings and of Seamus Ludlow, who was murdered by loyalists with British forces connections.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell should be ashamed of himself for carrying out what retired Judge Feargus Flood termed a “drumhead court-martial” against investigative journalist Frank Connolly.

THE big furore about on-the-runs from UK Tories, DUP, SDLP, Fine Gael and Labour is the height of hypocrisy.

The Green Party has backed calls for a new law to allow the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland Nuala O’Loan to swap and share information with the Garda Ombudsman’s Office.

MEMBERS of loyalist gangs who carried out a string of atrocities here will be eligible to apply for a presidential pardon under a scheme announced by the Justice Minister last night.

A FORMER Garda Commissioner has rejected allegations he was involved in blocking the pursuit of the suspected killers of Seamus Ludlow.

The family of Seamus Ludlow today demanded an apology from the Gardaí over the investigation into their brother’s death in 1976.

THE State’s callous treatment of the family of murdered Co Louth forestry worker Séamus Ludlow can only be described as outrageous.

GARDAÍ failed to pursue the prime suspects in the sectarian murder of Seamus Ludlow for fear it would set a precedent for RUC inquiries in the Republic.

The long wait for the family of 1976 murder victim Seamus Ludlow was extended again today after a scheduled publication of a Government report was abruptly cancelled.

The family of 1976 murder victim Seamus Ludlow should have been properly informed of this afternoon’s publication of a Government report into his death, Justice Minister Michael McDowell told the Dáil today.

The conclusions of the Barron Inquiry into the murder of Co Louth man Seamus Ludlow could be published as early as this evening.

The Taoiseach has told the Dáil that the Barron Report into the murder of Co Louth man, Seamus Ludlow is likely to be published in the next few weeks.

THE Government yesterday ruled out a cross-border inquiry into the Omagh bombing until court proceedings into the atrocity are completed.

A THREE-decade-old loyalist murder and questions over the failure to bring prosecutions will be raised with the North’s secretary of state by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is to raise the 1976 loyalist murder of Seamus Ludlow with the Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain, it emerged today.

THE file on the killing of Seamus Ludlow remains open, officially. However, it is unlikely a murder committed three decades ago is top priority for detectives in the Border region.

WIDESPREAD criticism of the DPP and the Garda Commissioner over the decision to hold the Georgina Eager murder trial in London rather than Dublin is entirely warranted.

An inquest into the loyalist murder of a Co Louth man almost 30 years ago has heard that the only evidence retained by Gardaí was one of three bullets found at the scene.

A FORMER head of the garda murder squad made startling claims yesterday that garda headquarters suppressed an investigation into the killing of a Louth man 29 years ago.

A REPORT into the 1976 murder of Louthman Séamus Ludlow by loyalists is expected to be completed by Mr Justice Henry Barron by late September.

THE IRA last night said it would refuse to make any further moves on disarmament until commitments made by Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and the Irish Governments to restore the institutions were honoured in full.

A group which monitors current affairs in the Celtic countries has backed calls for a full public inquiry into the murder of a Co Louth forestry worker 26 years ago.