Northern Ireland's Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the killing of a nationalist councillor shot dead in Co Tyrone nearly 50 years ago.
Patsy Kelly, a 35-year-old father-of-five, was shot dead shortly after locking up the bar where he worked in the village of Trillick in July 1974.
His family believe he was killed by members of the British Army's locally recruited Ulster Defence Regiment and that the killers were protected because they were soldiers.
In April, Northern Ireland's Police Ombudsman accused RUC Special Branch of "turning a blind eye" to intelligence linking members of the UDR and police officers to a loyalist gang operating in the area at the time, and said this constituted "collusive behaviour".
The family said the findings supported their case for a fresh inquest to establish what happened, but last month the Attorney General refused to order a new inquest.
Lawyers for the family went to the High Court in Belfast on Friday to seek leave to legally challenge that decision but were told the matter was being reconsidered.
The family was informed this afternoon that Attorney General Brenda King has changed her mind and instructed that a new inquest should be held.
The decision has been welcomed by the family.
"We shall immediately ask the presiding Coroner to timetable the inquest for hearing," they said in a statement.
"The opportunity now is real for the truth about Patsy Kelly's murder to be delivered in court."
In court on Monday a lawyer for the family said the matter should be dealt with urgently before the possible introduction of controversial British Government legislation to end all prosecutions, investigations and inquests into killings during the Troubles.
The legislation is currently making its way through the House of Lords and could potentially become law before the end of next month.
"On the day and hour that this Bill becomes law, the Attorney General will not have the authority to order a fresh inquest," barrister Des Fahy said.
"This judicial review needs to be determined before the passage of the Bill into law," he added.
Family press for inquest to be completed before May 2024 cut off
The family of a man shot by soldiers in Derry in 1978 have urged that a fresh inquest into his death is completed before a potential cut off date next year.
A fresh inquest into the death of Patrick Duffy, 50, is among a number of coronial investigations which are under way.
Mr Duffy was shot up to 14 times in November 1978 at a house in the Brandywell area of Derry by British soldiers.
The inquest is proceeding in a modular approach, hearing sections of evidence available while waiting for the process of the disclosure of documents by the PSNI and MoD to be completed.
A review hearing today was told that work is ongoing by the PSNI and Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the disclosure of documents relating to the case.
Counsel for both told the hearing he does not consider this to be "a particularly document heavy case".
But he said that the PSNI and MoD are under pressure preparing documents for a number of legacy inquests.
Asked for a potential timeframe, he said he is not in a position to do that at this point.
A further hearing is set to take place in September to set out a time table for the inquest.
Counsel for the Duffy family said they believe the inquest could be completed within two weeks and it can be completed by 1 May next year - the cut off for inquests if a proposed UK government Legacy Bill becomes law.
"We believe that this is capable if there is a court available before Christmas and if there is a strict timetable in terms of disclosure," he said.
Due to the modular format, in April, a sitting of the inquest heard from members of Mr Duffy's family, that they hope it will provide answers about the death.
His sister Mary Lynch said she wants to get closure over what happened to him before she dies.
