Inquest into Dublin bombings adjourned

Dublin Coroner's Court has briefly reopened the inquest into the deaths of 26 people killed in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings.

The 26 people died when loyalist paramilitaries detonated three car bombs in Dublin on May 17, 1974.

Another seven people died when a fourth bomb was detonated in Monaghan town a short time later.

The original inquest into the deaths caused by the Dublin bombings was adjourned at the request of the Gardai shortly after it began in 1974.

It was reopened today and adjourned until September 18.

A solicitor for the Justice for the Forgotten group, which represents the victims of the attack, said he had asked the Attorney General to also reopen the inquest into the deaths of the seven Monaghan victims.

There have long been allegations that the RUC and the British army colluded with the loyalists who planted and carried out the bombings, but nobody has ever been brought to justice in connection with the attacks.