Northern Ireland

Clonoe inquest: MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules after findings into IRA members' deaths

DUP leader Gavin Robinson said the coroner had to answer ‘where, when, who and how. He had no role in trying to answer the question as to why’.

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has urged “careful consideration” as MPs called for changes to coronial law in response to the inquest into the deaths of four IRA members in Clonoe.
Secretary of State Hilary Benn has urged “careful consideration” as MPs called for changes to coronial law in response to the inquest into the deaths of four IRA members in Clonoe (Jonathan Brady/PA)
By Claudia Savage, Will Durrant, PA