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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 the ...

17 Dec 2024 at 11:27

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 hold a public ...

03 Apr 2025 at 14:30

Local News

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 Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn ...

02 May 2025 at 14:31

Local News

Councillors continue the push to have a public inquiry into how a huge illegal dump in Derry was allowed to happen

Derry City and Strabane District Council is to write to the Northern Ireland Exeuctive seeking a public inquiry into Mobuoy dump on the outskirts of Derry. Earlier this year, the Environment Minister Edwin Poot said he had ruled out a public ...

12 Nov 2020 at 08:31

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 ...

13 Sept 2024 at 18:06

Northern Ireland

MLAs stand with campaigners for public inquiry into cervical screening failures

MLAs have stood with a group of women at Stormont calling for a probe into cervical screening failures. The Ladies with Letters group are calling for a statutory public inquiry into a major recheck of smear test results in the Southern ...

07 Oct 2025 at 17:38

Northern Ireland

Irish deputy leader Harris meets with family of Sean Brown

The family of a murdered GAA official has held a meeting with Irish deputy premier Simon Harris as part of a campaign for a public inquiry into his death. It comes after the UK Government confirmed it will seek a Supreme Court appeal ...

12 May 2025 at 18:12

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

People looking to UK Government to do right thing over Brown murder – McDonald

People throughout Ireland are looking to the UK Government to “do the right thing” in setting up a public inquiry into the murder of Sean Brown, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. Ms McDonald, party vice president ...

14 Apr 2025 at 13:09

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 ...

28 Jan 2025 at 12:12

Northern Ireland

Omagh bombing horrors revealed in hearings ‘will educate on effect of terrorism’

A focus on the victims and impact of the Omagh bombing will have “important value” in educating others about the “real effect of terrorism”, a public inquiry chairman has said. Bereaved families and survivors have ...

28 Jan 2025 at 13:58

Northern Ireland

Family of Sean Brown hail ‘very promising meeting’ with Tanaiste

The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown have hailed a “very promising” meeting with Irish deputy premier Simon Harris. Mr Brown’s daughter, Siobhan, said they left Mr Harris “in no uncertain terms what us ...

13 May 2025 at 03:29

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