CCA refuses Nevin access to bombings files

The Court of Criminal Appeal today refused to grant the disclosure of information related to the 1974 Dublin Monaghan bombings, sought by Catherine Nevin as part of her attempt to have her murder conviction declared a miscarriage of justice.

Mr Paul Anthony McDermott SC, for the office of the Department of the Taoiseach, argued there was “absolute privilege” attaching to the material collected by the McEntee inquiry into the bombings.