'Police bias blamed IRA over bomb'

Police investigative bias led to the IRA being wrongly blamed for a Belfast pub bombing in which 15 people died, the Police Ombudsman said today.

Mon, 21 Feb, 2011 - 15:12

Police investigative bias led to the IRA being wrongly blamed for a Belfast pub bombing in which 15 people died, the Police Ombudsman said today.

More than 16 others were injured in the Ulster Volunteer Force attack at the Catholic McGurk’s bar in 1971.

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