The Irish government rebuffs a request from his family to establish a commission of inquiry.
Denis Donaldson was shot dead in April 2006, months after he admitted being an informer for the police and MI5
They have alleged that some police officers who handled him during his 20 years as an agent were complicit in his murder.He was shot at a remote cottage in Glenties, County Donegal, just months after he admitted being an informer for the police and MI5 during the 1980s and 1990s.In a statement, they say she wrote back on Monday, ruling out an inquiry due to "an active ongoing criminal investigation in this jurisdiction".
"In two decades since my father's murder, no Irish government minister has been willing to meet my family and account for its double standards and differential treatment."
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