Families hail UN Lebanon deaths inquiry

RELATIVES of three UN peacekeepers murdered in 1989 have hailed an independent inquiry into the incident as enough to expose a 22-year army cover-up.

They were speaking after Defence Minister Alan Shatter and the Defence Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Seán McCann, apologised on behalf of the state and the army for failing to properly protect the soldiers.

The admissions came on the strength of Frank Callanan SC’s independent report, which rejected the army’s long-held version of events.