Debate contribution: Police Ombudsman: Vetting
Debate contribution by Mrs Cathy Mason on .
- MLA
- Mrs Cathy Mason
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 22 June 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Police Ombudsman: Vetting
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5638123
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First Minister, speaking in recent weeks about the Loughinisland massacre, in which six men were murdered while watching Ireland play Italy during the 1994 World Cup at the Heights Bar, former Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire stated:
"For all of the litigation and for all the criticism, there hasn’t been any substantive challenge to the facts. I had no concerns in using the term collusion. The facts are the facts, it’s not opinion."
First Minister, do you agree with his assessment?
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Assessment
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