IRA apologises for 1974 bomb death

The IRA has apologised to the family of a man killed in a bomb explosion three decades ago, it emerged today.

In a separate statement from its Easter message, the Provisionals said the 35-year-old from Newry was not a member of the organisation nor was he on an operation for them when he was killed at Killeen security checkpoint on the Belfast to Dublin road in October 1974.