All must cooperate equally with inquiries

The tribunal of inquiry into the deaths of Chief Supt Harry Breen and RUC Supt Robert Buchanan, announced by Justice Minister Michael McDowell in the Dáil, is to be welcomed.

The inquiry was recommended by retired Canadian judge Peter Cory, invited to investigate allegations of collusion between Irish and British security forces and paramilitaries in the North.

In challenging Sinn Féin to cooperate with the tribunal, Mr McDowell says: “Sinn Féin can hardly clamour for justice ... in other cases while withholding cooperation from this investigation.”