Higgins: ‘Amnesia’ about Dublin-Monaghan bombings is ‘not an option’

Speaking at a memorial event on Talbot Street today to mark 50 years since the tragedy, the President said Ireland has “a collective responsibility to find a way to deal ethically with the legacy of the Trouble”.

No one was convicted for the bombings, but the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force admitted responsibility in 1993. He called on the UK Government to open and allow access to all documents relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings.Legacy of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings “The enactment of that unilaterally sourced legislation has resulted in families who have spent decades fighting for an effective investigation into their cases of not only facing further uncertainty and delays but of the deprivation of legal rights,” he said.

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