SF criticises muted response to failed loyalist car bombing

Sinn Féin has written to Northern Secretary Paul Murphy seeking more information about a failed loyalist car bombing on St Patrick’s Day.

SF criticises muted response to failed loyalist car bombing
Fri, 26 Mar, 2004 - 12:33

Sinn Féin has written to Northern Secretary Paul Murphy seeking more information about a failed loyalist car bombing on St Patrick’s Day.

The bomb was defused after being discovered outside a concert venue in west Belfast where former Pogues singer Shane McGowan was due to perform on the evening of March 17.

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