Public inquiry announced into 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane

Finucane killed by Ulster Defence Association and his family hope independent inquiry will establish extent of state collusionThe government is to establish an independent public inquiry into the 1989 loyalist murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, has announced.Finucane was 39 when he was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association in an attack found by a series of investigations to have involved collusion with the state. Continue reading...

Public inquiry announced into 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane

Finucane killed by Ulster Defence Association and his family hope independent inquiry will establish extent of state collusion

The government is to establish an independent public inquiry into the 1989 loyalist murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, the Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, has announced.

Finucane was 39 when he was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association in an attack found by a series of investigations to have involved collusion with the state. Continue reading...