THE FINDINGS OF a public inquiry into the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson in Northern Ireland 12 years ago are expected to be published later today.

Nelson, a prominent solicitor who represented leading republicans, died in March 1999 after a bomb exploded under her car near her home in Lurgan in Co Armagh.

The family of the solicitor claimed that the police and government ignored a series of warnings about threats against her and the inquiry is expected to report on allegations of police collusion, according to the BBC.

Nelson became a hate figure for leading loyalist figures after she represented republican Colin Duffy, who is currently in prison for the murder of two soldiers in Antrim two years ago, and the Garvaghy Road Residents Group which opposed Orange Order marches.

Prior to her death, the mother-of-three claimed her life has been threatened by members of then then Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), RTÉ reports.

The Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan has already found that the RUC’s actions had been in adequate and had disregarded Nelson’s safety. The public inquiry, chaired by Sir Michael Moreland, has heard from 350 witnesses and considered thousands of documents.

The 700 page report will be published in the UK House of Commons by Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Patterson today.