Ahern 'always' suspected British collusion

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said yesterday he always believed there was British collusion in the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

But he was not confident evidence of that collusion would emerge, as the British Government still refused to hold a full public inquiry into the 1989 killing.

A planned limited investigation by the British authorities, under the Inquiries Act 2005, allows ministers to block evidence from being made public.