British make no promises on future co-operation on 1974 bombings

THE British ambassador to Ireland yesterday refused to say if the British Government would co-operate fully with any future independent public inquiry into the 1974 Dublin/Monaghan bombings which killed 34 people.

Mr Justice Henry Barron's report on the bombings has criticised the British Government's lack of co-operation and failure to produce more than a handful of documents.

And the Barron report did not rule out collusion by members of the RUC, UDR or British Army in the bombings. The report said there was "unsubstantiated evidence from a credible witness that some of those involved in the bombings were working closely with, or were agents of the RUC special branch of British Army Intelligence".