State Papers 1987: Irish politicians abandoned us, says Paddy Hill

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

The Birmingham Six’s Paddy Hill accused successive Irish governments of abandoning them in their fight for freedom, newly declassified State papers have revealed.

In a handwritten letter from his cell, in HMP Gartree, on September 10, 1987, Mr Hill said they had been offered nothing but false hope and false promises.