THE spectre of police collusion and corruption in the murders of three young men in The Miami Showband massacre over 36 years ago has been raised by an internal report of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

GARDAÍ are mounting one of the largest-ever security operations in Cork today for the Queen’s historic visit.

TEARS rolled down the face of Tommassino Magliocco as he honoured his father, who was murdered in a car bomb attack 37 years ago.

Tears rolled down the face of Tommassino Magliocco as he honoured his father who was murdered in a car bomb attack 37 years ago.

The Queen sets foot on Irish soil today for the start of a historic state visit which will herald a new era in relations between Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

PEOPLE hoping to see Britain’s Queen Elizabeth during her royal visit are set to be disappointed as strict security measures has meant onlookers will be banned from all venues to be visited by the British monarch.

Bereaved families and survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings have written an open letter to the British Queen to mark her arrival in Ireland on the 37th anniversary of the atrocities.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s security advisers were in Dublin yesterday putting the final touches on his one-day visit here.

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.

THE possibility of the British prime minister taking part in events to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising is expected to be raised when the Taoiseach visits Downing Street today.

The Queen of England's upcoming visit to Ireland marks an opportunity for the British government to open files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, a group has said today.

IN the High Court dismissal of a claim by survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that the handling of a report compiled by the commission of investigation amounted to a breach of the state’s human rights obligations (Irish Examiner, September 10), Ms Justice Mary Laffoy ruled the plaintiffs did not have a legally enforceable right of access to the commission archive, in addition to a prohibition on disclosure until 30 years after the dissolution of the commission.

The group which represents victims of the Troubles in the Republic has said it may be wound down in two weeks time because of a lack of funding.

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

TRIBUTES were yesterday paid to a former judge who was remembered for trying to seek the truth for victims of the Troubles.

The 34 victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be remembered in the Irish capital today.

The Dáil today urged the British government to release security files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

A republican fugitive arrested for questioning about the murder of British Captain Robert Nairac had been living under an assumed name, it was revealed tonight.

Relatives of those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings today called on the British government to investigate claims of state collusion in the 1974 attacks.

New memorials marking the sites where dozens of people were murdered in the Dublin bombings of 1974 are to be unveiled today.

The organisation representing victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings is to take legal action against the State as part of its ongoing effort to find out the truth about the atrocities.

Victims of collusion-linked atrocities from the Troubles era will be granted a long-awaited debate in the Dáil tomorrow and Thursday.

Survivors of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings today backed moves towards an independent truth commission into the North's recent conflict.

A truth commission to examine the bloody legacy of the Troubles in the North must not follow South Africa’s ’confrontational’ model, victims’ groups said today.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to hold talks today with the body set up by the British Government to decide on the best way to address the legacy of the troubles in the North.

Three groups representing victims of the Troubles have rejected the British government's consultative panel on how to deal with the past.

Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy is being urged to make an unconditional public apology to the relatives of the 33 victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Serving gardaí who were responsible for a botched probe into the 1974 bombings in Dublin and Monaghan must quit now, victims' families said today.

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

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.

FAMILIES of the victims of a loyalist bomb outrage yesterday demanded a top-level probe into the way the 1972 attack was investigated.

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.

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

Sinn Féin is to hold a conference on collusion to step up political pressure on the British government to establish public inquiries, it emerged today.

The families of victims killed in the Dublin Monaghan bombings have criticised delays in a Government-commissioned investigation as it passes its sixth deadline.

THE families of the Miami Showband who were massacred in 1975 yesterday received assurances from the Taoiseach that the issue of collusion would be discussed in the Dáil early next year.

THE Justice for the Forgotten campaign group last night described the report as incredibly significant but queried why the committee had stopped short of recommending a public inquiry.

A public inquiry has been urged into alleged British state involvement in murders in the Republic of Ireland ahead of a Government report on the killings out today.

PRESSURE is mounting on the Government to hold a public inquiry into the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings and a string of other loyalist attacks in the Republic, as a second report into British collusion with loyalists is due to be published.

BERNIE McNALLY was finishing work for the day when the bomb went off on Talbot Street, Dublin.

A special detective unit in the Republic to investigate unsolved murders during the Troubles was today ruled out by the Justice Department’s top official.

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.