The man convicted of murdering Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane was freed from prison in Northern Ireland today.
Geraldine Finucane, widow of Pat Finucane (on poster) with her son John at Government Buildings in Dublin
Ken Barrett was released from Maghaberry Prison in Co Antrim. In September 2004, he was given a life sentence for the murder of Mr Finucane in his North Belfast home in 1989.
The murder was carried out by the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters but claims that there was collusion with members of the security forces have resulted in the Government announcing a public inquiry.
Mr Barrett was released early under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement after applying to the Sentence Review Commission.
The Commission conducted a hearing in Maghaberry Prison earlier this month into his application.
Initially he was held in a prison in England where he had been living.
He was transferred to Maghaberry in February last year and was eligible for early release under the Agreement which allowed anyone convicted of a terrorist crime before its signing in 1989 to qualify for early release.
The murder of Mr Finucane was one of the most controversial in the history of Northern Ireland because of the allegations of security force collusion. The Government is currently searching for a judge to head the public inquiry which it has called into the killing.
Mr Finucane's family have been highly critical of the terms under which the inquiry will be held.
The Finucanes believe the decision to hold it under the terms of the controversial Inquiries Act will lead to a cover up and enable the British government to control what can be disclosed.
They have urged judges around the world to snub any approach to head the inquiry and have also said the family will have nothing to do with it.
Bloody Sunday Inquiry chief Lord Saville and retired Canadian judge Peter Cory, who recommended the inquiry in the first place to the British and Irish governments, have condemned the Act.
Last Friday, United States politicians called on the British government to hold an independent inquiry into Mr Finucane's murder.