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Top Story February 15, 2021 DUBLIN: The British government needs to “step up” over its obligations to hold an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, the Irish premier said. Taoiseach Micheal Martin, speaking to the Sunday Times in a wide-ranging interview, said the Irish side had investigated terrorist killings where collusion with security forces was suspected, and reiterated calls for Britain to reciprocate. Finucane, 39, who represented republican and loyalist paramilitaries during the conflict, was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence...

The Taoiseach says the Irish side have investigated terrorist killings where collusion with security forces was suspected.

The Taoiseach says the Irish side have investigated terrorist killings where collusion with security forces was suspected.

The British government needs to “step up” over its obligations to hold an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, the Irish premier said. Taoiseach Micheal Martin, speaking to the Sunday Times in a wide-ranging interview, said the Irish side had investigated terrorist killings where collusion with security forces was suspected, and reiterated calls for Britain to reciprocate. Mr Finucane, 39, who represented republican and loyalist paramilitaries during the conflict, was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in an attack fo...

Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster is to present a dossier to Taoiseach Micheál Martin early this month containing allegations the Irish State colluded with the IRA during the Troubles. The Democratic Unionist Party leader will ask Mr Martin to study the file - which she says "points to collusion between the Provisional IRA and gardaí" - and provide answers on behalf of the State. "I trust this will be an opportunity to set out the concerns of many innocent victims and press forward with the Irish State being able to provide families with some answers," Ms Foster told the Sunda...