The Latest Breaking News from Pat Finucane

Finucane inquiry to assess if state forces ‘used UDA as proxy’ to murder lawyer

Pat Finucane was shot dead at his family home in north Belfast in 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association.

Evening Standard · Sep 15

Pat Finucane remembered for his love of law at a chaotic time

The first day of a public inquiry into the solicitor’s death heard he founded a law firm with Peter Madden in 1979 to help others.

Evening Standard · Jun 10

‘Monumental day’ for family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane at public inquiry

His widow Geraldine has campaigned for decades for the probe.

Evening Standard · Jun 10

Senior judge appointed to chair Finucane Inquiry

Baroness O’Loan and Francesca Del Mese have been appointed assessors to the inquiry into the murder of the Belfast solicitor in 1989.

Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025

Pat Finucane inquiry ‘must be credible’, son says

John Finucane was speaking as he appeared at a hearing in Washington DC on Tuesday and urged US support for his family.

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2024

‘Thatcher would have known’: Pat Finucane’s family hope to finally learn truth about his murder

Announcement of a public inquiry could expose collusion by those at highest levels of UK government

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

Thursday briefing: How the long-awaited renters’ reform bill could transform housing as we know it

In today’s newsletter: Labour’s new plans aim to solve people’s rental market woes once and for all. But what will change for the millions of people renting?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024

Irish lawyer whose murder was linked to British government gets public inquiry

THE murder of a Belfast solicitor is set to be investigated by an independent public inquiry, the UK Government has announced ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 11, 2024

Tony Blair's ‘ignorance’ of notorious murder during Troubles ‘appalled’ family

THE family of a solicitor gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries were “appalled” by Tony Blair’s “ignorance” of the case, National Archive…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 27, 2023

Complaint to Law Society over Sinn Fein's John Finucane attending IRA commemoration

The complaint claims John Finucane's attendance brought his legal profession into "disrepute"

Belfast Live · Jun 28, 2023