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Public inquiry may be appropriate to probe Sean Brown murder, court hears

A coroner will have to determine whether a public inquiry may be appropriate to fully investigate the circumstances of the murder of GAA official Sean Brown, a court has heard. A barrister for Mr Brown’s family said the coroner would have to assess ...

26 Oct 2023 at 14:01

Northern Ireland

Legacy laws legal challenge must be heard in November, judge says

Legal challenges to the provisions of the Government’s new legacy act must be heard in November, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice Colton was also told that the number of judicial review applications against the act has now grown to 19. The ...

29 Sept 2023 at 13:03

Northern Ireland

AI to scour CCTV for images of Noah Donohoe leaving home, court told

Artificial intelligence (AI) is to be used to examine hours of CCTV footage in an attempt to discover if there are incidents of Noah Donohoe leaving his home in the early hours in the days before he went missing, a court has heard. The ...

21 Jan 2025 at 12:43

Crime & Courts

Sean Brown’s widow appeals for Hilary Benn to ‘do the right thing’

The elderly widow of Sean Brown has urged Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn “to do the right thing” and set up a public inquiry into her husband’s murder. The Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that the UK Government’s refusal to ...

03 Apr 2025 at 14:30

Northern Ireland

Coroner seeks assurance state agencies not ‘downing tools’ in Loughgall inquest

A coroner has asked for undertakings that state agencies have not “downed tools” on preparatory work for a fresh inquest into the deaths of nine people in Loughgall in 1987 before the cut-off date imposed by the UK Government’s new ...

14 Dec 2023 at 11:39

Northern Ireland

Widow of murdered councillor ‘shattered’ that inquest may never be heard

The widow of a murdered independent nationalist councillor said she is “shattered” to hear that an ordered inquest may never be heard. Patsy Kelly, 35, was abducted and murdered in Co Tyrone by Loyalist paramilitaries in 1974. His ...

17 Nov 2023 at 19:23

Local News

Coroner ‘firmly committed’ inquest into murder of Sean Brown will go ahead

A coroner has said he is firmly committed that an inquest into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown will take place despite being told that a substantial amount of police material has recently been uncovered. Justice Patrick ...

02 Oct 2023 at 11:41

Northern Ireland

Impossible to complete all legacy inquests before May cut-off date, judge says

It will be impossible to complete all planned inquests relating to Troubles deaths before a cut-off date set by the Government’s legacy Bill, a judge has said. Mr Justice Scoffield made the remarks as he agreed to an ...

15 Sept 2023 at 14:14

Northern Ireland

Appeal to be made over ‘unusual’ Noah Donohoe movements before disappearance

A public appeal for information is to be made over the “unusual” movements of schoolboy Noah Donohoe on the night before he went missing. A coroner said CCTV footage of Noah leaving his Belfast home in the middle of ...

09 Sept 2025 at 16:07

Northern Ireland

Legal challenge to laws dealing with legacy of Troubles to begin

A legal challenge to the Government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles is due to begin on Tuesday. High Court judge Mr Justice Colton will hear the case at the Royal Courts of ...

21 Nov 2023 at 02:45

Northern Ireland

Storm drain blockage preserved for Noah Donohoe inquest poses ‘flood risk’

A blockage in a storm drain that has been preserved in place due to its potential evidential significance to the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe poses a “very significant flood risk”, a coroner has ...

26 Feb 2025 at 13:52

Northern Ireland

Inquest findings in SAS shooting of four IRA men referred to prosecutors

A coroner who ruled SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone, is to refer his findings to Northern Ireland’s Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr ...

20 Feb 2025 at 11:03

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