3 d. ago Legacy body ‘lacks powers of a public inquiry to examine Sean Brown murder’

SDLP leader Claire Hanna pressed the UK government to call a public inquiry into the murder of the GAA official.

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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 w. 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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4 w. ago Gordon Brown makes criminal complaint against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire

Exclusive: Former British PM urges police to reopen inquiry – and claims media executive Will Lewis attempted to incriminate himI have now spoken to police officers who say they were misled by Murdoch’s empire. I won’t let this rest | Gordon BrownThe former prime minister Gordon Brown has made a new complaint to British police over allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire obstructed justice, after stating he has spoken to officers involved in the original phone-hacking inquiry.Writing in the Guardian, Brown said one of the detectives had alleged they believed there was “significant evidence” that News Group Newspapers (NGN) deleted millions of emails to pervert the course of justice. Continue reading...

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