Dáil slams British refusal to probe Finucane murder

THE Dáil united last night to condemn the refusal of the British government to hold a full public inquiry into allegations of collusion surrounding the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.

Dáil slams British refusal to probe Finucane murder

In an all-party motion calling on the British government to honour its commitments to grant a full inquiry, a succession of TDs castigated the British decision to enact a new Inquiries Act, specifically to deal with the Finucane case.

The new legislation will allow evidence deriving from the security and intelligence services to be heard in secret.

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