Assembly urges Britain to support Dublin/Monaghan probe

The Northern Assembly has passed a motion urging the British Government to co-operate fully with the independent inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974.

The motion, which was tabled by the Women’s Coalition on behalf of relatives of the 33 victims, received cross-community support.

The British government has so far failed to deliver any official documents to the inquiry, despite the fact that these papers were requested 11 months ago.

Britain has said the delay is unavoidable because of the large quantity of files to be reviewed.

There have long been accusations that the British army, and by extension the British government, colluded with the loyalist paramilitaries who planted three car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan on May 17th, 1974.

Thirty-three innocent civilians lost their lives in the attacks, the largest death toll on any single day during the Troubles.