Calls for inquiry into 30-year-old bombings

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern faced pressure tonight for a public inquiry into two bomb atrocities dating back more than 30 years.

Responding to a report from former Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Henry Barron on attacks in Dublin and Monaghan on the same night in May, 1974, Mr Ahern described the incidents as “unspeakable outrages and despicable and cowardly acts of inhumanity.”