British unlikely to hold full inquiry into Finucane killing, says Taoiseach

The Taoiseach said this afternoon he was not optimistic that the British government would agree to demands that they hold a full judicial inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said this afternoon that he is not optimistic that the British government would agree to demands that they hold a full judicial inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane.

The solicitor was gunned down in front of his family in 1989 by loyalist gunmen.