Motion: Finucane Public Inquiry

"This Council condemns the British Secretary of State's failure to order a full Public Inquiry into the assassination of Pat Finucane.

This Council believes that it is now time for the Finucane family to be told all the facts behind the assassination of their beloved husband and father and calls on the British government to immediately order a full Public Inquiry.

This Council believes that the Finucane family should be told the truth about the extent of collusion in Pat's assassination and the cover up that followed.  Further to this, this Council calls on the British government to immediately order a full Public Inquiry.

This Council demands that any Public Inquiry must be truly meaningful and not restricted under the terms of the Inquiries Act 2005 which Judge Cory criticised as making 'a meaningful inquiry impossible'.

The failure to order a full public inquiry is no longer simply about one man but rather it is about the wider issue of truth and justice.  This Council now calls on the British government to fully implement the Stormont House Agreement's legacy mechanism so as everyone who has lost a loved one can receive the truth."