Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Lack of response from UK to request for files 'of deep concern'

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney: We have made clear to our counterparts that the absence of a response from the British government is of deep concern to the Government. Picture: PA

The lack of a response from the British government to calls for an independent inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings is "of deep concern" to the Government.

The bombings in May 1974 saw 33 people killed and hundreds seriously injured — the largest loss of life on a single day in the Troubles. Four loyalist bombs exploded on the evening of May 17, 1974 — three in Dublin City, and one at a pub in Monaghan soon afterwards.