Sean Brown was abducted and murdered by loyalists while locking the gates at his local GAA club
The family of Sean Brown, including his widow Bridie Brown, said they will challenge the decision. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
It comes six months after a coroner in Northern Ireland requested that the UK government establish a public inquiry as an inquest could not proceed due to the extent of sensitive state files being withheld on national security grounds.Hiberno-English just does so many things that standard English can’t and I am clinging to it
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Micheál Martin also backed calls for the inquiry while PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boucher said he would not stand in its way, pledging “unfettered access” to all material and police files connected to the case. The development comes two days after Mr Benn announced a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, citing the “exceptional reason” of an unfulfilled commitment by the UK government 20 years ago to establish an inquiry.
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