35 h. ago UK Government says it will seek Supreme Court appeal over Sean Brown inquiry

Appeal Court judges affirmed an earlier High Court ruling compelling the Government to hold a public inquiry into Sean Brown’s killing.

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39 h. ago Brown family ‘vindicated’ after court orders Government to set up public inquiry

The widow and children of murdered GAA official Sean Brown urged Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn against taking the case to the Supreme Court.

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42 h. ago Court of Appeal affirms ruling on public inquiry in Sean Brown case

The Appeal Court judges said the order compelling Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn to establish an inquiry would come into effect on June 2.

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67 h. ago Sean Brown’s family criticise Government move over public inquiry ruling

The GAA official was murdered by loyalists in 1997.

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3 d. ago Government moves to secure Supreme Court appeal option in Sean Brown case

Judges in Belfast have ruled that NI Secretary Hilary Benn is acting unlawfully in failing to hold a public inquiry into Mr Brown’s murder.

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9 d. ago ‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return

After being fast-tracked to stardom, the bad boys of Y2K pop butted heads and burned out. They explain how they faced their demons for an arena-sized reunion – and why Simon Cowell was ‘a proper winker’In September 1998, amid a rocketing pop career that would end up with every one of their 11 singles reaching the UK Top 10, British boyband Five went missing. They were due to visit the US, where the lascivious When the Lights Go Out had got huge, but Five – Ritchie Neville (curtains), Scott Robinson (spiky hair), Abz Love (hats), Sean Conlon (baby-faced), and Jason “J” Brown (eyebrow ring) – had other ideas. “We decided we wanted a couple of days off,” says Scott, now without spikes and sporting a thick salt-and-pepper beard. “So we booked our own flights back to the UK.”Rather than visit family like everyone else, J returned to the band’s shared house in Surrey. “There were fans camping outside, literally in tents on the little lawn,” he says, shaking his shaved head, now minus the ...

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2 w. ago Edinburgh Rugby reaction: Sean Everitt's pros and cons, 'basic errors' and Jack Brown impact

Sharks strike at death to inflict bitter loss for Edinburgh

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3 w. ago Benn ‘taking steps’ to ensure ICRIR can investigate Sean Brown murder

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he is ‘carefully considering’ a recent judgment from the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

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3 w. ago PM urged to ‘do the right thing’ and order public inquiry into Sean Brown murder

The GAA official was abducted and murdered by loyalists in Co Londonderry in 1997

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