A judge was wrong in law to order the British government to hold a public inquiry into the murder of a senior GAA official during the Troubles, a court has heard.

RTÉ

Ireland

Judge wrong to order inquiry into Brown murder

The case is being heard before three judges at the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

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United Kingdom

Sean Brown: Legal challenge begins to overturn inquiry

Government of Ireland

A barrister for the GAA official’s family urged judges to reject a Government bid to overturn a court order compelling it to hold a public inquiry.

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Alfred Harmsworth (barrister)

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Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere

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London

Greater London

England

Sean Brown murder has left ‘indelible stain’ on British state, court hears

Judge "completely sidestepped" process to order public inquiry

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Belfast

Northern Ireland

Judge wrong to order Government to hold public inquiry into GAA man's murder

UK government challenging ‘unprecedented’ decision by judge to establish inquiry into loyalist murder of Co Derry GAA official in 1997

Irish Times

Dublin

County Dublin

Concealment of truth about murder of Sean Brown should be a source of ‘shame’ for British state

The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown (front, left to right) daughter Clare Loughran, widow Bridie Brown, daughter Siobhan Brown and son Sean Brown Jr.walk to Belfast High Court, for the appeal against a ruling ordering the Government to set up a public inquiry into his murder. Photo Liam McBurney/PA Wire The three-decade long concealment of the truth behind the murder of a gaelic games official should be a source of “profound shame and…

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Wales

A barrister for the GAA official’s family urged judges to reject a Government bid to overturn a court order compelling it to hold a public inquiry. The three-decade long concealment of the truth behind the murder of a gaelic games official should be a source of “profound shame and embarrassment” for the British state, a court has been told. A barrister for the family of Sean Brown described his 1997 killing, which has been linked to several stat…

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Judge wrong to order inquiry into Brown murder

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