A Tangled Web

THOSE WHO LIVE BY THE SWORD.



I was reading this in the Daily Telegraph, written by Sean O'Callaghan.



"I knew Pat Finucane reasonably well. I first met him in 1980 at a high-level IRA finance meeting in Letterkenny, Co Donegal. The meeting took place in a private room above a public house. Also present were Gerry Adams, the now-dead Tom Cahill, Pat Doherty (now the MP for West Tyrone) and several others. Adams and Finucane arrived together in the morning and left at lunchtime. Did Finucane introduce himself as a member of the IRA? No. Did anyone present describe him as such? No. It was, however, exclusively an IRA meeting and quite clearly, without doubt, understood to be so by all present. That is the evidence of my own eyes and ears and I stand by it today as I did yesterday and as I will tomorrow. "



Now, here's the thing. Why has the Finucane family not taken Sean O'Callaghan to court for what they MUST believe is a scandalous accusation - that Pat Finucane was a senior IRA member? Why the reluctance?