Irish and British governments agreed to investigate high profile cases, says Ahern

Pat Finucane.

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said it was his understanding that both the Irish and British governments had agreed after the Good Friday Agreement to investigate a number of high profile cases.

However, before he left office, he said it had become clear to him, that despite his agreement with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, that the British government did not want to carry out an inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.