Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams has asked the Irish government to release secret documents that will help the case for a public inquiry into the Pat Finucane murder. The government has said it ‘strongly disagrees’ with the British government's decision not to hold a public inquiry.
Adams said that the Irish government “needs to shift into a higher gear in support of the [Finucane] family”. Pat Finucane’s widow Geraldine called this week’s report into the February 1989 killing a ‘whitewash’.
Read More: The truth is Margaret Thatcher likely ordered the Pat Finucane murder
Lord Desmond da Silva found ‘shocking’ levels of state collusion but did not think a fully fledged conspiracy existed. Finucane, a human rights lawyer, was shot dead in front of his wife and children by Loyalist killers who shot him 14 times.
Three weeks earlier a British Minister had named him in the parliament because of his work defending IRA suspects.
Adams today asked Irish Prime Minister Kenny to begin an “intensive examination of all documents in the Department of the Taoiseach, Foreign Affairs and Justice relating to [Northern Ireland] and identify those which could assist the family in refuting the British government’s effort to frustrate [their] demand for a public inquiry.”
The Sinn Féin leader referred to a conversation between Prime Minister Charles Haughey and Belfast lawyer PJ McGrory who had himself been warned about a plot against his own life, Finucane’s, and a lawyer named Oliver Kelly. Finucane was never informed of a threat to his life.
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Adams stated that McGrory told him that there was a serious threat to the three lawyers’ lives and that “they had raised this with the Department of the Taoiseach”. He said that McGrory was regularly told by clients who had been interrogated that there was “no use getting Finucane as he won’t be around for long.”
Adams said there “would have had to have been a level of political knowledge” in the British establishment about the threat to Finucane.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.FallsRNat | Dec 27, 2012, 07:16 AM EST
we don't know in what context gerry is asking this info for, if it the whole version, then the irish will discover the involvement in republican ideals, so is it brit/irish gerry asking for the outing
solyeant | Dec 18, 2012, 01:24 PM EST
Saint Gerald of Louth might like to consider the whole idea of calling for exposure i'm sure that not only has jean mc Conville served tea to the army but she also served anyone she considered merited it that Saint Gerry didn't like the idea now that puts him in with Hitler and Mugabe in terms of simple displeasure and disposal. The call for full exposure is the last thing Adams should engage in and despite this new cap he wears truth will out and illconceived ideas on demos just fit this clown whatever his current claim mighty be The sole loser in all this crap is Joseph Public and his Missus if there is one Alas
anglo-norman | Dec 15, 2012, 10:20 PM EST
Too much blood on Adams hands for Irish citizens
curtisjohnson | Dec 15, 2012, 10:02 PM EST
johnshiel - great post. " .. coronations, royal weddings and state visits with cuts to smoky gunflashes filling the kitchen of mr. finucane as he bleeds out in front of his loving family members." Yes, this would capture the essence of the british terror state very succinctly. If someone were to put something like this together, the loyalist would probably view it as positive terror state propaganda and promote it!
seanomelb | Dec 15, 2012, 06:39 PM EST
Youses is not a word
Gordan Duggan | Dec 15, 2012, 05:44 PM EST
Adams has as much chance of being Taoiseach as McGuinness had of being President. Nada. Citizens in the Irish Republic would not stand for it.
johnshiel | Dec 15, 2012, 04:18 PM EST
maybe we'l oneday see a movie like The Godfather but regarding the pomp of the british monarchy and the brazen butchery of the british exercise of dominance toward the irish... coronations, royal weddings and state visits with cuts to smoky gunflashes filling the kitchen of mr. finucane as he bleeds out in front of his loving family members..?
FallsRNat | Dec 15, 2012, 02:05 PM EST
The anti republican posters, youse get mixed up with anybody that doesn't agree with your views. Collusion existed with the Irish state forces & the republican movement as seen with the Smithwick enquiry that successive Irish govts tried to ignore & once the tribunal into the sordid secrets of the Lynch FF govt, their relationship & funding of the Provies starts, all of the sacred cows of the 26 county state will be no more
curtisjohnson | Dec 14, 2012, 10:51 PM EST
Anglo Norman – “Will Ireland ever grow up.” You mean will Ireland ever condone the state sponsored assassination of non-combatant civil rights lawyers (who also represented loyalists btw) in front of his children? Hopefully not because then it would truly become the equivalent of the british terror state – an entity which still celebrates much more heinous atrocities in a triumphalist manner.
seamus60 | Dec 14, 2012, 06:43 PM EST
Theres as much chance of the 26 releasing all they know on Pats murder as there was of Adams acepting the invitation to the gasyard in Derry to answer questions from republicans with regards to the second Hungerstrike. The place is awash with dirty little secrets.
seanomelb | Dec 14, 2012, 06:02 PM EST
Ther seems to be an uneasy nervousness in the anti Irish posters I wonder why.
pilib04 | Dec 14, 2012, 05:45 PM EST
I agree with you Silling. Sinn Fein's time to govern has arrived. Gerry Adams will make a fine Taoiseach.
pilib04 | Dec 14, 2012, 05:40 PM EST
I am sure that anything the TD from Louth/East Meath can do to get movement from the Irish Government, will be appreciated by the Finucane family. The British government should be ashamed of its continued attempts to hide and protect Thatcher and her gang of butchers.
anglo-norman | Dec 14, 2012, 04:39 PM EST
Maybe the Irish Government doesn't have any info
seanomelb | Dec 14, 2012, 04:32 PM EST
In the interest of justice and for the Finucane family any info held by the taoiseach should be released,otherwise he is colluding with the murdreres of Pat Finucane.
anglo-norman | Dec 14, 2012, 04:23 PM EST
Will Ireland ever grow up...
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Madeliene | Dec 14, 2012, 04:04 PM EST
Hillary iscoming as your Amv=bassedor form the USsA/ bringing her Scoialist agenda with her. Good luck to ye!
Collette2 | Dec 14, 2012, 02:28 PM EST
Sounds like they're dealing with church heirarchy.
PhlutiePhan | Dec 14, 2012, 01:48 PM EST
Gerry me boy is a socialist. He cares nothing about Ireland. He is an "agent of change" moving toward that world socialist government. The Queen is the ultimate target. Hillary is a socialist as well. There is a reason why she is visiting Ireland. She is a "radical thespian" on the world stage.
glounlathan | Dec 14, 2012, 01:47 PM EST
And the Our Father says both in Catholic and Protestant churchs, 'And forgive those who trespass against us as we forgive those who trespass against us.' Forgiveness now or more trouble tomorrow! Both sides have seen death.
leahkinsella | Dec 14, 2012, 01:21 PM EST
Would Adams care to tell us the TRUTH about the death of JEAN MCCONVILLE?
ToryTory | Dec 14, 2012, 12:25 PM EST
Highly unlikely. The Irish government have more pressing concerns, especially with the public fallout over the recent austerity measures, than to busy itself with a potential diplomatic altercation with Britain over this affair.
ePHraimAg | Dec 14, 2012, 11:42 AM EST
Was Louis Mountbatten warned Of the taking Of His Life and that Of His Children. What goes around comes around!
warrenpoint00 | Dec 14, 2012, 11:24 AM EST
Spot on Irishphoto in the mid 17th century alone under the cruel vicious regime of the english in Ireland over half million Irishmen were murdered , and thousands more were exiled or sold as slaves to the Carribean islands.British imperialist occcupation of Ireland has provided us with a long list of displacement and murder of Irish civilians and Pat Finucane is just another name added to this shopping list of british murder in our country.
cillowen | Dec 14, 2012, 10:39 AM EST
calling on quislings - that i'd like to see - it'll never happen.
Irishphotograph | Dec 14, 2012, 09:13 AM EST
EphraimAG below equates the tiny amount of killings done by Irish resistance fighters to the millions murdered and starved to death by the English in Ireland in their 800 year occupation. England never had any right in the island of Ireland. And Yes! Rome is the enemy of the Irish people if they would just study the history. How Rome suppressed the Irish Celtic Christian church that Patrick founded.
Mary Murray | Dec 14, 2012, 09:10 AM EST
Silling. Ireland will never be ready or desire a Sinn Fein government. Sinn Fein in the South have absolutely no real policies except for saying no to everything and jumping on every popular bandwagon.
ePHraimAg | Dec 14, 2012, 09:06 AM EST
Gerry, better off dropping the case as the Many in the North Have over 3000 Of Our British Military and Police killed through the Troubles and also The Death Of Louis Mountbatten. Ulster is not the Republic Of Ireland and neither the majority want it so. If Our Irish History depicts 5 Houses Of Ireland of which 4 today are known as the Republic, why would the Nationalist community seek to genocide the North. On the other note... The whole of the British Isles were at one time in total Obeisance to The High King Of Ireland before the Days of Christ. Yet that Crown restes in Westminster and not in The Hands Of Romanism who have been Our enemy of long standing. Continually even after Truces and ceasefires and Peace agreements You still dredge up Dirt.. but the greatest Dirt was Of Develere and The Joe Kennedys. Do you honestly think We forgot. Even 9/11 is first fruits of Our contentment against the Constant terrorism and Crimes promoted By the USA against us by the so-called American Irish. Even Drogheda 400 yrs ago would give up their Dead to stand against You.
Silling | Dec 14, 2012, 08:54 AM EST
There will be little chance of any aid from Enda Kenny and his Blue Platoon, sure was it not he that stopped Tim Pat Coogan's visa to the USA?? Ireland is ready for a Sinn Fein government, so get on with it and vote them in.