The Rev. Ian Paisley has effectively accused the Irish Government of provoking the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings which claimed the lives of 33 people.

REGISTERING his disapproval of the DUP’s approach to the St Andrews Agreement, Dr JE Hazlett Lynch (Irish Examiner letters, November 20) is critical of Ian Paisley’s intention to go into government with Sinn Féin.