Dublin bombing victim dies almost 50 years after atrocity

Derek Byrne, who survived the Dublin bombing in 1974 has died at the age of 63 (Family handout/PA)

A man who was seriously injured in the loyalist bombings of Dublin in 1974 has died.

Derek Byrne was 14 when he was pronounced dead following an explosion in Parnell Street almost 50 years ago, but woke up three hours later in a morgue and was rushed to hospital for emergency life-saving surgery.