Explanations from the Taoiseach that certain security files relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings had just “vanished” were criticised today.

Justice Henry Barron today defended his criticism of the way the Government handled the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which killed 34 people.

Former Justice Minister Patrick Cooney has told the Oireachtas justice committee that the Barron Report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings was based on erroneous assumptions.

Former Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald has told the Dáil’s Justice Committee that he was surprised at elements of the Barron report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

The Justice for the Forgotten pressure group has told the Oireachtas justice committee that the Barron Report failed to establish the full truth about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Former Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald is due to appear before the Oireachtas justice committee today to answer questions about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Three families of those killed in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings today demanded that the newly opened parliamentary inquiry into the atrocities be abandoned.

The Oireachtas Justice Committee has begun hearings into the Barron Report on the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

A minister in the coalition government of 30 years ago today broke ranks with former senior colleagues, backing a critical report by a senior judge on the official handling of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974.

Patrick Cooney, Minister for Justice in the 1974 coalition Government has hit out at the accusations levelled against it in the Barron report.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Brian Cowen, said the Barron Report into the Dublin-Monaghan car bombs is a matter that will be raised with the Northern Secretary, Paul Murphy.