Ex-IRA men provide details on RUC killings

THREE former IRA members have provided detailed information on the background to the murder of two senior RUC officers more than 20 years ago.

Brief details of a meeting between the former IRA leaders and the Smithwick Tribunal’s legal team were revealed during the first substantive public hearing of the tribunal since it was established in 2005.

In an opening statement, tribunal barrister Mary Laverty SC described the meeting as “a very significant development”.