Ahern to push for prosecution of officers

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

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern said yesterday that the British Government would have to deal “comprehensively” with the issue of collusion or it would continue to dog the peace process.

In a damning report launched on Monday, the North’s police ombudsman, Nuala O’Loan, highlighted police collusion in as many as 15 murders.