*Ø* Blogmanac | Finucane delay raises concerns

The Irish Times:

"The [Irish] Government will continue to press for a judicial inquiry into the murder of Mr Pat Finucane despite the British government's decision to delay implementing a recommendation to do so by Judge Peter Cory. Dan Keenan and Joe Humphreys report.

"The decision to hold off on an inquiry, pending prosecutions and ongoing investigations, has put the two governments at odds and angered relatives, nationalist politicians and human rights groups.

"The controversy could upset relations between the Northern parties at a time when the governments want to push for agreement on the restoration of Stormont ...

"All but a few paragraphs from the Hamill, Nelson and Wright reports were published in full, but at least nine pages of the Finucane report were censored by the British government.

"Some of the judge's most damning comments related to the Special Branch and the FRU [British army undercover Force Research Unit] both of which were said to have allowed loyalist attacks, and to have obstructed the Stevens investigation into the Finucane murder."

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