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10/03/2005 - 08:14:34
The Government is reportedly planning to establish a public inquiry in the coming weeks into alleged Garda collusion in the IRA murder of two RUC officers.
Reports this morning said Minister for Justice Michael McDowell was planning to seek Oireachtas approval for the inquiry before Easter.
The tribunal will reportedly be headed by Judge Peter Smithwick, the president of the District Court.
The public inquiry is being established in line with a recommendation from retired Canadian Judge Peter Cory, who was asked to investigate several murders during the Troubles which were surrounded by allegations of security force collusion.
One of these cases was the IRA murder of RUC chief superintendent Harry Breen and superintendent Bob Buchanan in March 1989.
The pair had just attended cross-border security talks with gardaí in Dundalk and Mr Cory found there was sufficient evidence to warrant a public inquiry into claims that a garda based in the Co Louth town may have passed information on their movements to the IRA.
