While I welcomed the State visit of President Michael D Higgins to Britain, I’m not sure it has sealed the end of an era, as has been suggested.

The North’s First Minister Peter Robinson has accused his predecessor Ian Paisley of going down a “dangerous road” with his claims that the Government provoked one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles.

THE queen was delighted by the positive and warm response she received on her arrival in Ireland on the first day of her state visit, according to the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague.

A 100-YEAR gap will be bridged today when Britain’s Queen Elizabeth touches down at Baldonnel at the start of an official four-day state visit.

The group representing families of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings have said the Taoiseach will be letting himself and the Irish people down if he does not demand the release of British Government files on the attacks.

IN my letter of July 6, I asked if the Reform Movement would add its voice to calls for the British government to comply with a request from the Oireachtas for information believed to be in the possession of the British state which would be of assistance in identifying those responsible for carrying out acts of terrorism in this state by loyalist paramilitaries, some of whom were believed to be in collusion with elements of British security forces.

Campaigners for victims of the Dublin Monaghan bombings today called on the Government to reinstate funding needed to keep fighting for justice.

The hearing of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin's bid to gain access to documents which she claims are highly relevant to her application to have her conviction declared a miscarriage of justice will resume next March.

The Omagh families have succeeded in turning the tables on the terrorists by humanising their plight while dehumanising the Real IRA. The perpetrators were unable to paint their opponents in court as large oppressive forces hostile to humanity, or even civil liberties for that matter

The Court of Criminal Appeal has granted convicted murderer Catherine Nevin permission to attend court next month for the hearing of an application related to her bid to have her conviction for the murder of her husband Tom declared a miscarriage of justice.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has fixed a date in early April for the hearing of part of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin's bid to have her conviction for the murder of her husband Tom declared a miscarriage of justice.

The hearing of part of convicted murderer Catherine Nevin's bid to have her conviction for the murder of her husband Tom declared a miscarriage of justice due to take place next week has been adjourned following a request from her legal team.

BY any standards, the contribution to political life in Ireland over many decades by the late Dr Conor Cruise O’Brien has been both enormous and controversial.

The Justice For the Forgotten group says the appointment of an independent international judge may help unlock the truth behind claims of British collusion in bombings in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles.

Notorious murderer Catherine Nevin today applied for the Court of Criminal Appeal to order the release of secret State files on three Garda informers whose evidence helped convict her.

The findings of an inquiry into the garda handling of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings are expected to be published by the Government today.

It’s now thought unlikely that prosecutions will arise out of the McEntee inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

A long-awaited report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings is finally expected to be published tomorrow.

Nobody will be brought to justice on the back of the long-awaited report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Taoiseach said today.

The Government is today expected to consider the long-awaited report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

THE McEntee Commission report into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be published soon after Taoiseach Bertie Ahern returns from his St Patrick’s Day trip to Washington.

A long-awaited report into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings is expected to be received by the Government today.

Time may have run out for the present Government to debate the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, families of the victims said today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said he is encouraged by an apparent willingness from the British government to share information relating to the loyalist killings in the North.

An inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be completed next month, the Government said today.

An inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings is expected to seek more time this week to complete its work.

Sinn Féin will today protest outside the Dáil at proposed new laws regulating future tribunals.

A Government inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings, which was due to report this month, has been granted an extension until July 31.

MAY 17 is a date many people recall with strong feelings of sadness and anger, as well as a strong desire for the truth.

Margaret Thatcher was warned the British Army suspected the Ulster Defence Regiment was heavily infiltrated by Protestant extremists in the North four years before she became UK Prime Minister, it was claimed today.

BRENDAN COFFEY praises Bertie Ahern for “understanding the difficulties” which nationalists in Northern Ireland have in trusting the PSNI (Irish Examiner letters, January 6).

Almost €2m has been paid out in compensation to the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and their families, it emerged today.

A Government inquiry in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings will now be completed at the end of January, it emerged tonight.

The Green Party has backed calls for a new law to allow the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland Nuala O’Loan to swap and share information with the Garda Ombudsman’s Office.

MEMBERS of loyalist gangs who carried out a string of atrocities here will be eligible to apply for a presidential pardon under a scheme announced by the Justice Minister last night.

Relatives of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings have expressed disappointment at the lack of movement on getting Britain to co-operate with the investigation into the attacks.

FAMILIES of those killed in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings last night criticised a Government decision to establish a Commission of Investigation into the atrocity, saying the move would shut them out of proceedings.

The families of victims of Northern Ireland’s Troubles need a forum like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

BRITAIN was last night facing increased pressure to hold a public inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1972 and 1973.

Michael O’Farrell, Political Reporter

Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy has agreed to appoint a liaison officer to work with the Justice for the Forgotten group.

AS a representative of the surviving children of Garda Richard Fallon, who was murdered on Arran Quay on April 3 1970, I am delighted to see that a commission of investigation is to be established by the Government.

The Irish Government betrayed the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings by deciding on a private inquiry into the atrocities, relatives claimed tonight.

Relatives of the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings today heard the distressing medical reports of the wounds their 34 loved ones suffered in the devastating blasts.