Inquiry into RUC ‘collusion’ deaths to report

DETAILS of evidence uncovered by the Smithwick Tribunal into the alleged collusion by gardaí and other state officials in the murder of two senior RUC officers in 1989 will be revealed for the first time today.

Tribunal chairperson Judge Peter Smithwick will deliver an opening statement at the first substantive public hearing of the inquiry in Dublin this morning.

Judge Smithwick is also expected to allude to the Government’s recent, controversial decision to truncate the length of the inquiry.