Gardaí ‘made critical mistakes’

THE GARDA investigation into the 1974 Monaghan/Dublin bombings made a number of critical mistakes and failed to probe all avenues of investigation.

According to the Barron Report into the atrocity: "The garda investigation failed to make full use of the information it obtained. Certain lines of inquiry that could have been pursued further in this jurisdiction were not pursued."

In addition, Justice Barron pointed to numerous failures on the part of investigating gardaí including: