Rabbitte urges pressure on Britain over Finucane vow

THE Government was last night urged to ensure the British Government keeps its promise to hold a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane.

Labour Party leader Pat Rabitte criticised the British Government’s insistence that much of the probe into the 1989 murder of the Belfast solicitor would be held in private.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy, announcing the inquiry, said this was necessary in the interests of national security.