McGurk’s bar massacre inquest ordered

A replica of the facade of McGurk’s Bar in Belfast unveiled in 2011 by Robert McClenaghan and other relatives of the victims of the 1971 bomb attack by loyalists that killed 15 people. Photograph: Rob Stothard/The New York Times

However, there is no prospect the inquest can be heard before the cut-off date of May 1st introduced by the controversial Legacy Act, when all Troubles-era inquests will end. “Like many other bereaved families now, though, we face the reality that the British state will not allow this inquest to go ahead as it desperately wants to stop us from discovering why our loved ones were murdered in the McGurk’s Bar massacre and how it failed to prevent it.”

The families of the victims have long alleged security force collusion and cover-up and that the British army had prior knowledge of, and could have prevented, the attacks. “An inquest would provide a forum in which the actions of the army prior to the bombing could be explored,” she said.

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