7 October 2004 Edition

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Wexford passes Finucane motion

Wexford Borough Council has passed a motion calling on Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to insist that the British Government conducts a full and proper independent public inquiry into the 1989 killing of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Sinn Féin Councillor Anthony Kelly received unanimous backing for his motion at Monday night's council meeting.

He said that Michael Finucane had been correct when he said that the truth about his father's murder would rock the foundations of the British state.

"Of course a proper public inquiry will affect British national security interests, and of course they will try to stymie this if they are allowed," Kelly said. "But the Taoiseach must not allow them to block the truth once again. The Dublin Government stood meekly by while the British blatantly refused to co-operate with the Barron Inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. They cannot continue to stand idly by while the truth is blocked for the sake of 'British national security'."


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