Donegal man facing charge over Hyde Park bombing

Anthony Downey, 61, from Co Donegal, is to be charged over the IRA’s Hyde Park bombing in London which killed eight soldiers on July 20, 1982, the UK's Crown Prosecution Service said today.

Sue Hemming, head of special crime and counter-terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has been investigating the explosion near Hyde Park in London which occurred on July 20, 1982.