No plans to seek new Bloody Sunday inquiry

THE Government has no immediate plans to seek a new inquiry into the events of Bloody Sunday.

Informed sources indicated yesterday, on the 25th anniversary of the event, that they were not aware that any consideration had been given to a re opening of the original inquiry.

A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said there had always been a deep disquiet about Bloody Sunday and any new evidence of importance was always looked at to see whether the affair could be brought to a satisfactory conclusion for the relatives.

The Fianna Fail leader, Mr Bertie Ahern, said last night they owed it to the relatives to recommend some form of action. "It cannot be left the way it is," he said.

Former Fianna Fail Minister Mr David Andrews also said that disturbing questions remained unanswered concerning the manner in which people were killed by the British army in Derry 25 years ago.