Delay of Kingsmill massacre files a ‘disgrace’

An ongoing failure by the gardaí to disclose its files on the massacre of 10 workmen in Armagh, despite a pledge by the Taoiseach, borderson disgraceful, Belfast Coroner’s Court has heard.

Lawyers for those bereaved by the Kingsmill murders in 1976 criticised officials in Dublin for not passing over the Garda documents over two months after Enda Kenny publicly committed to the handover.

The Protestant textile workers were gunned down after a masked gang stopped their minibus close to the Armagh village of Kingsmill as they were travelling home from work. They were forced to line up alongside the van and ordered to divulge their religion. The only Catholic worker was told to flee the scene while the 11 remaining workers were shot.