Smithwick Tribunal hearings delayed until end of year
The tribunal set up to investigate the killing of two senior RUC men by the IRA 17 years ago says it will not be holding any public hearings until the end of the year.
Chief superintendent Harry Breen and superintendent Robert Buchanan died in an IRA ambush in south Armagh while returning from a meeting with Dundalk Gardai in March 1989.
The Irish Government has set up the Smithwick Tribunal to investigate claims that a garda source may have informed the IRA of the men's movements.
The tribunal was expected to begin public hearings within weeks of its inaugural sitting last March, however it has now confirmed that no hearings will take place until the end of the year.
It says it has received representations on behalf of a number of people and is still continuing with its inquiry.
