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Government ordered to hold public inquiry into murder of GAA official

A High Court judge has ordered the UK Government to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown. Mr Justice Michael Humphreys said there is “a clear and unambiguous obligation” on the State to carry out an investigation into Mr ...

17 Dec 2024 at 15:21

County Derry Post

The UK Government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in NI

The UK Government has been ordered to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown by a judge in Northern Ireland. It comes months after the Government said it will not order a public inquiry into the abduction and killing of ...

17 Dec 2024 at 11:27

Northern Ireland

Government rejects call for public inquiry into GAA official’s murder

The Government has said it has decided against establishing a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown 27 years ago. Mr Brown’s family said they were “devastated” at the decision but pledged that they would not be “going away”. ...

13 Sept 2024 at 18:06

Northern Ireland

Bereaved father hopes Omagh inquiry ‘the beginning of the end’

Hope has been expressed that the Omagh Bombing Inquiry will be the “beginning of the end” for the bereaved in their pursuit of answers. Michael Gallagher, whose son Aiden was killed in the 1998 dissident republican bomb attack in the Co Tyrone ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:12

Northern Ireland

Brown family ‘vindicated’ after court orders Government to set up public inquiry

The daughter of murdered GAA official Sean Brown has urged the Government to do the “right thing” and comply with a Court of Appeal order to set up a public inquiry into his killing. Clare Loughran said her family felt “vindicated” after ...

02 May 2025 at 16:51

Derry News

Environment Minister pressed on Mobuoy dump plans

Local councillors pressed the Environment Minister on the need for a full fact-finding public inquiry into the Mobuoy ‘super dump’ at a private meeting yesterday. A meeting between local councillors and DUP Minister Edwin Poots to ...

29 Oct 2020 at 11:44

Northern Ireland

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 ...

03 Apr 2025 at 13:16

Northern Ireland

Public inquiry into Omagh bomb to begin hearings

The public inquiry into the Omagh bombing is to hold its first substantive hearings. Bereaved families and survivors are expected to gather at the Strule Arts Centre in the Co Tyrone town on Tuesday for the inquiry which ...

28 Jan 2025 at 10:24

Northern Ireland

Court of Appeal affirms ruling on public inquiry in Sean Brown case

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has affirmed a High Court ruling ordering the Government to hold a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown. The Appeal Court judges said the order compelling Northern ...

02 May 2025 at 11:48

Local News

Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past estimated at more than £2 billion

The cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past is set to be considerably more than £2 billion, a UK think tank has estimated. The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, inquests and ...

11 Feb 2025 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

UK Government says it will seek Supreme Court appeal over Sean Brown inquiry

The UK Government has confirmed it will seek a Supreme Court appeal over a court ruling that ordered it to hold a public inquiry into the killing of GAA official Sean Brown. The statement from the Northern ...

02 May 2025 at 19:07

Northern Ireland

Justice minister says ‘not for me to call for public inquiry’ into Kingsmill

Stormont’s Justice Minister has cautioned against the need for a public inquiry into the Kingsmill Massacre, but was not ruling anything out. Naomi Long said she was wary of putting families and victims ...

29 Apr 2025 at 20:02

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