Geraldine Finucane rejects ‘cynical’ settlement offer

Relatives of murdered Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane have rejected a British Government offer of £10,000 (€16,200) for them to drop their European court action seeking a public inquiry into the 1989 killing.

Relatives of murdered Catholic solicitor Pat Finucane have rejected a British Government offer of £10,000 (€16,200) for them to drop their European court action seeking a public inquiry into the 1989 killing.

The Finucane family said the offer was a cynical ploy designed to exonerate Britain from revealing the truth about the murder.

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