Blair under pressure to set up probe into bombings

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair will today come under intense pressure to initiate a judicial inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

Blair under pressure to set up probe into bombings

The Oireachtas Justice Committee yesterday recommended that a public inquiry in the North provided the "best opportunity of being successful" in determining the identity of the perpetrators and the truth or otherwise of allegations of collusion.

The novel recommendations incorporating inquiries in the South and North came as a surprise to many observers but were broadly welcomed by the main victims' group, Justice for the Forgotten.

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