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Coroner urges public inquiry into GAA official’s murder as inquest ‘compromised’

Source: PA Archive

A coroner has ruled that an inquest into the murder of a senior GAA official in Northern Ireland cannot proceed due to the extent of sensitive state material being withheld from the proceedings on national security grounds.

Announcing the Public Interest Immunity (PII) ruling in Belfast, Mr Justice Kinney said he will be writing to Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, calling on the Government to establish a public inquiry into Sean Brown’s killing by loyalists.

Mr Brown,

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