Blair under pressure over Dublin/Monaghan bombings

Representatives of the Justice for the Forgotten group are in London today to urge the British Government to stop halting the work of the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

33 people died in the 1974 bombings and the Irish Government has already established an independent inquiry into the blasts.

There have long been allegations that the British Army helped loyalists to construct and plant the four bombs, but the British Government has repeatedly failed to provide vital information to the inquiry.

A solicitor for Justice for the Forgotten, the group representing relatives of the bomb victims, said the families want British Prime Minister Tony Blair "to back up his words of support for the inquiry with action".

Greg O'Neill said it is disgraceful that the families had to travel to London to urge Mr Blair in person to co-operate with the inquiry.