Shatter announces inquiry into peacekeepers’ deaths

DEFENCE Minister Alan Shatter has announced a shock independent investigation into the deaths of three Irish peacekeeping troops killed in a controversial circumstances in 1989.

The development came just days after the minister was due to fight a High Court claim for compensation in a case taken by the widow of one of the men.

This case was to be heard on Wednesday. This was 21 years after Gráinne Armstrong lodged her claim following the death of her husband and two of his colleagues in the Lebanon. They died when an anti-tank mine exploded under their patrol vehicle.