Publish Cory Report demand

Sinn Féin MLA Conor Murphy talks to the media at an An Fhírinne picket at Stormont on Thursday 4 December highlighting collusion

Last Thursday, 4 December, a Sinn Féin delegation met with Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Foreign Affairs minister Brian Cowen to discuss the Cory report into collusion.

The delegation, led by Gerry Adams, included Martin McGuinness, Bairbre de Brún, Mary Lou McDonald, Mitchel McLaughlin and Dessie Macken. The meeting took place in Government Buildings in Dublin and lasted an hour and a half.

"We pressed the Taoiseach on the need to immediately publish the Cory report into collusion," said Gerry Adams afterwards. "We were assured that the government's commitment is to do exactly that. However, the Irish government only has those parts of the Cory Report which deal with the two cases falling within its jurisdiction. It has not seen the rest of the Cory Report.

"The British government gave a commitment that it would publish the report and act on its recommendations. It now needs to reassure public opinion, and most importantly convince the families, by publishing the report forthwith."

Adams revealed that Sinn Féin is also seeking an urgent meeting with the British Direct Ruler Paul Murphy to "discuss this serious matter".

Adams commented on the Cory report followed a protest at Castle buildings in Belfast by the Campaign for Truth group, An Fhírinne. The organization handed an open letter to British Secretery of State Paul Murphy, pressing for the truth about collusion between British state agents and unionist death squads.

Commenting on the completion of the Cory Report, a spokesperson for the group said they have called for the British government to publish the document and act on Cory's recommendations immediately.

"Judge Cory has now submitted his report," said An Fhirinne's Robert McClenaghan. "The British government has, to date, neither published his report nor acted on his recommendations. The delay is unacceptable and inexcusable. The Cory report should be published in full and his recommendations acted upon immediately.

"The agencies involved in collusion should be disbanded and the truth about who sanctioned the murder of hundreds of Irish citizens must be told."