State should apologise for ignoring plight of victims and bereaved of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings

The British may or may not eventually get a conscience and release the relevant files into the bombings, but in the meantime the proper and decent thing to do for wronged citizens is to give them the apology they deserve, writes Mick Clifford.

Dublin firemen search through the rubble on Parnell Street the morning after the explosion.

It was 50 years ago today that 33 people and an unborn child were murdered in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. 

In a highly synchronised operation in Dublin, three bombs were set off in less than four minutes around 5.30pm. Just 90 minutes later, another bomb went off in Monaghan. There were no warnings.