Liam Cosgrave should have helped committee

THE decision by the former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave to decline an invitation to assist the sub-committee on the Barron Report is regrettable.

Liam Cosgrave should have helped committee

The reason given by Mr Cosgrave was that he has retired from public life.

On May 17, 1974, 33 people, including one pregnant lady, were blasted from both public and private life by loyalist terrorists Given the criticism by Mr Justice Barron of Mr Cosgrave’s 1973-77 coalition government, specifically when Mr Justice Barron states that “the government of the day showed little interest in the bombings,” one would have thought that Mr Cosgrave would be keen to defend his government.

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