Britain apologises for false IRA bomb accusations
The British government has formally apologised for a false accusation that the IRA was responsible for a loyalist bomb attack in the North almost 37 years ago.
Fifteen Catholics, including two children and three women, were killed when the UVF bombed McGurk's pub in Belfast in December 1971.
The British army claimed at the time that an IRA bomb had exploded prematurely, however the PSNI's Historical Enquiries Team says the initial investigation may have attributed more significance to the potential involvement of the IRA than the balance of evidence supported
The British Government's Security Minister in the North, Paul Goggins, accepted in the House of Commons last night that the allegation added to the pain and suffering of the victims.
