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07/06/2011
Smithwick Tribunal Chairman To Make Statement
The Chairman of the Smithwick Tribunal is due make an opening statement later today.
Set up in 2005, the tribunal investigated allegations of garda and state collusion in the 1989 IRA murders of two RUC officers.
Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan were ambushed near the village of Jonesboro in County Armagh.
An interim report is due to be completed by the end of this month, with the final report completed by the end of November.
The tribunal is to begin hearing evidence this Thursday.
(BMcN/GK)
Set up in 2005, the tribunal investigated allegations of garda and state collusion in the 1989 IRA murders of two RUC officers.
Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan were ambushed near the village of Jonesboro in County Armagh.
An interim report is due to be completed by the end of this month, with the final report completed by the end of November.
The tribunal is to begin hearing evidence this Thursday.
(BMcN/GK)
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