Britain apologises for false IRA bomb accusations

The British government has formally apologised for false accusation that the IRA was responsible for a loyalist bomb attack in the North almost 37 years ago.

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.

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