Cory Report 'out by end of month'

A report into four controversial murders in Northern Ireland is to be released by the end of the month, the British government confirmed today.

Northern Ireland Office officials said the families of solicitors Pat Finucane and Rosemary Nelson, Portadown Catholic Robert Hamill and loyalist terror boss Billy Wright would receive copies of a report by retired Canadian judge Peter Cory into the killings 24 hours before it is released at the House of Commons.