Dermot Ahern to discuss collusion report with SDLP and SF

Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern is due to meet representatives of Sinn Féin and the SDLP today to discuss the Police Ombudsman's report on collusion between the RUC and loyalist paramilitaries.

The Ombudsman has concluded that RUC Special Branch protected a loyalist gang responsible for up to 15 murders between 1991 and 2003 because its leader was a paid informer.