Ireland’s foreign minister privately told the British home secretary that the controversy surrounding the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four cases was “seriously affecting” the relationship between the two nations, state papers have revealed.

Six wrongfully imprisoned for Birmingham pub bombings ‘offered nothing but false hope, promises’

Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for bombings that killed 21 people and injured a further 182 in 1974, is supporting a petition to reopen the case.

SINN FÉIN president Gerry Adams yesterday expressed his regrets about the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings and the huge loss of life and injuries they inflicted.

A memorial service is taking place today to mark the 30th anniversary of one of mainland Britain's worst terrorist atrocities.