Mick Clifford: Bombing documentary recounts human loss to political crimes

Did the Government subconsciously relegate the plight of the dead and injured at home because of what they perceived as the bigger picture, asks Mick Clifford

A single red rose is placed on the memorial on Talbot St in Dublin to the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974. Picture: Julien Behal/PA.

The first bomb on May 17, 1974, went off in Parnell St at 5.28pm. It had been placed in a Hillman Avenger, metallic golden olive in colour. The car had been stolen that morning in Belfast.

Andy Rowan, from Cederwood Rd in North Dublin, was a teenager at the time, accompanying his father in his father’s van. Rowan is a brother of the artist Guggi.