Ellis hits back at Flanagan statement

The Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis has hit back at a statement made by Fine Gael's party chairman Charlie Flanagan, that if an Independent Truth Commission were to be set up Deputy Ellis should be the first person to come before it.

Deputy Flanagan's remarks come after newly-released State papers from the 1980s show that Mr Ellis is believed to have been involved in 50 murders during the Troubles.